(a) If the nuisance is not abated within the required time, the Director may cause its abatement. The abatement of a nuisance may be conducted utilizing labor and materials provided by the Director of Public Service, other departments of the City, or by entering into a contract for the provision of abatement services in accordance with the ordinances and Charter of the City.
(b) The City may take such action as it deems necessary to collect the costs incurred by the City in preparing to abate and/or in abating the nuisance, including the assessment of such costs on the real estate on which the nuisance existed or the cause or source thereof was located.
(c) Regardless of the estimated cost of abating a public nuisance by the City as determined herein, the owner or agent shall be responsible for payment to the City of the actual costs incurred by the City in preparing to abate the nuisance if the City does not proceed with the abatement or in preparing to abate and abating the nuisance, plus the City's actual administrative costs applied as a percentage of the total cost incurred by the City, as approved annually by the Director of Finance. Should the City's actual costs in abating such nuisance be less than the estimate, and the owner has paid to the City an amount equal to such estimated amount, then the City shall refund to the owner the amount of the difference.
(Ord. 2017-11. Passed 5-22-17.)