(A) The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to inspect all property and whenever the Code Enforcement Officer shall find any conditions set out above in this subchapter existing, he shall order them to be removed or remedied and the order shall promptly be complied with by the owner of the property.
(B) If the Code Enforcement Officer, after diligent search, is unable to locate or determine the owner of any property upon which any of the above mentioned conditions exist, the Code Enforcement Officer shall cause the order to be published in a local newspaper for two (2) consecutive weeks.
(C) Upon failure of the owner to comply with the order or if the owner cannot be determined or located after diligent search and notice herein provided for, the Code Enforcement Officer may have any of the conditions set out above removed at the owner's expense. This expense may be enforced against the property and the city shall have a lien on the real estate whereon the conditions exist, which may be filed in the City Clerk/Treasurer's office, and which shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes.
(Ord. 1010-2, passed 6-19-80; Am. Ord. 97-7-10(B), passed 7-10-97; Am. Ord. 2000-04-06(C), passed 4-6-2000; Am. Ord. 2013-06-20(A), passed 6-20-13)