109.03 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE AND COLLECTION OF COSTS.

   (a)   If within eighteen months after the first of the two nuisances referred to in Section 109.02 has occurred, a third nuisance activity as declared in this Chapter occurs, the City may abate the nuisance by responding to the activity using administrative and law enforcement actions, and the costs of such abatement shall be assessed on the nuisance property in the same manner as in Section 107.05 of the Codified Ordinances, and the costs shall be calculated as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section. The City shall provide notice to the owner of the nuisance property of the City’s intent to assess the costs of abatement against the owner’s property at least thirty (30) days before such costs are certified to the County for assessment against the property, and such notice shall contain a description of the nuisance activity that is the basis for the notice of intent to assess the property, and the cost to abate. Notice shall be served as set forth in Section 107.04 of the Codified Ordinances.

   (b)   Costs of abatement shall be assessed based upon the hourly wage of the police officer or officers involved in the abatement of the nuisance activity, plus 75%, multiplied by the number of hours required to abate the nuisance.

(Ord. 16-109. Enacted 10-24-16.)