(a) Billing. When the abatement has been completed, the agency or officer so causing the abatement shall render to the County Auditor an itemized statement covering work necessary for such abatement. The County Auditor shall pay the same from the funds of the agency or officer causing said work to be done and the agency shall present to the property owner a demand for payment of the cost of abatement by mailing notice to the owner at the address shown on the latest tax roll. If payment is not made by or on behalf of the owner within 60 days after mailing such bill, the Commissioner or Director shall collect the bill by any legal means and charge all costs of collection to the debtor.
(b) Appeals. Any appeal from these charges must be filed within 60 days from the date of mailing of the billing. The appeal procedure shall be the same as § 32.0913 of this Chapter, and the decision of the Commissioner or Director shall be final.
(c) Cancellation of Claim. All or any portion of any such costs or penalty heretofore entered shall, on order of the Commissioner or Director, be cancelled if uncollected or refunded if collected, if they were entered, charged or paid:
(1) More than once;
(2) Through clerical error;
(3) Through error or mistake of the Commissioner or Director or of the officer or board designated by them to give notice or to abate the nuisance, in respect to any material fact, including the case where the cost report rendered and confirmed as hereinbefore provided shows the County abated the nuisance but such is not the actual fact;
(4) Illegally.
(d) Procedure for Refund of Payment. No order for a cancellation or refund under Subdivision (c) of this Section shall be made except on a claim:
(1) Verified by the person who paid the special assessment, his or her guardian, executor or administrator;
(2) Filed within 60 days after the error was discovered by the property owner or lessee and no more than three years after making the payment sought to be refunded.
(Ord. 1466, passed - -1968; Am. Ord. 3598, passed - -1995)