A. Interest: The city may collect any past due administrative citation fine at the rate of interest of ten percent (10%) per month, and costs of collection by all available legal means.
B. Liens:
1. The fines levied by administrative citation, or by administrative hearing order, constitute a special assessment against each lot or parcel of land upon which the violation existed, and as thus made and confirmed shall also become the personal obligation of each lot or parcel of land.
2. Prior to recording any lien against any parcel, the city manager shall prepare a report detailing the address, parcel number, and owner's name and address, the amount of the fines, the date of the administrative hearing order or administrative citation and the violations.
3. A bill for the costs shall be mailed to the property owner of record at the address shown on the current assessment roll and any other address shown in city records, with a notice of time and date on which the city council will hold a hearing to hear and decide any objection to the assessment. Notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and shall specify that objections may be presented at the hearing or filed in writing five (5) days in advance of the hearing.
4. The city manager's report shall be forwarded to the city council, which shall hear and pass upon the report, together with any objections or protests which may be raised by any property liable to be assessed for the cost of an administrative citation or hearing order fine, and any other person. The city council may make such correction, revision or modification in the report as it may deem just. The report, as amended, shall be confirmed by resolution.
5. Immediately upon confirmation of the assessment, the city clerk shall cause to be filed in the office of the county recorder of San Bernardino County a notice of lien stating that it is recorded pursuant to this section. The lien shall also include the parcel's address, legal description, assessor's parcel number, the owner's name and address, the date of the administrative citation or administrative hearing order, the amount of fine assessed, and the rate of interest. The form of the lien shall be approved by the city attorney.
6. The county auditor shall enter each assessment on the county tax roll upon the parcel of land. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and procedure and sale in case of delinquency as is provided for ordinary municipal taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal taxes shall be applicable to the special assessment. (Ord. 2799, 2013: Ord. 2792, 2013)