(a) The Abatement Official shall keep an account of the costs, including incidental expenses, of abating each public nuisance, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the City Council showing the costs of abatement and manner of abatement and manner of abatement of each public nuisance, including any salvage value relating thereto.
(b) Upon the completion of the abatement work, the Abatement Official shall prepare and file with the City Clerk a report specifying the work done, itemizing the total cost of the work, the description of the property affected by the public nuisance and the names and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to § 13.08.060. Before the report is submitted to the City Council, a copy of a report shall be posted for at least five days upon the affected premises, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be heard by the City Council.
(c) Incidental expenses including, but are not limited to, the actual expense and cost of the city in the preparation of notices, specifications and contracts, overhead and inspection of the work and the cost of printing and mailing required hereunder.
(d) The costs shall be recovered by the city in a civil action, or the city may assess such costs to each and every separate property affected by the abatement as a tax, which shall then be collected as other taxes are collected.
(e) If any material obtained as a result of the abated nuisance can be salvaged and sold, the city may do so and dispose of the salvaged material by public auction. All moneys obtained through public auction shall be applied first to the cost of abatement.
(f) All moneys recovered for the cost of abatement shall be paid into the General Fund.
(Ord. 2014-02, passed 3-11-14)