Should the nuisance not be abated at the expiration of the time stated in the notice or within such additional time as the Building Commissioner or the Board may grant the owner or owners, the Commissioner shall have the right to enter upon the premises and to abate the nuisance found thereon. In abating such nuisance, he or she may go to whatever extent may be necessary to complete the abatement of the same and, should it be practicable to sell or salvage any material obtained in the course of such abatement, he or she may sell the same at private or public sale at the best price obtainable and shall keep an account of the proceeds thereof. Such proceeds, if any, shall be deposited in the Nuisance Abatement Fund of the City and any difference between the amount so received and the cost of the abatement shall be levied as an assessment against the property in question by Council, certified to the County Auditor and collected as is any other assessment by the City. Should the proceeds of the sale of such salvaged material exceed the cost of such abatement, the excess shall be paid to the owner of the premises in or on which such nuisance was abated when his or her proper claim therefor is established. In abating such nuisance, the Commissioner may call upon the Department of Public Service and Safety for whatever assistance may be necessary or may, by private contract, obtain the abatement thereof.
(Ord. 49-68. Passed 4-15-68; Ord. 222-97. Passed 9-15-97.)