Whenever such a nuisance exists upon the property of any nonresident or upon the sidewalk in front of such property or any property or the sidewalk in front thereof, the owner or owners of which property cannot be found by the director of public works after diligent search, or on the property of any owner or owners or on the sidewalk in front of said property upon whom due notice may have been served, by mailing or posting as provided in Section 8.20.020, and who for ten days refuse or neglect to abate the same, or on any city property, it shall be the duty of the director of public works to cause the nuisance to be at once removed or abated, and to draw upon the general fund for such sums as may be required for its removal or abatement. The sum or sums so paid shall, at the time of being so paid, become a lien on the property from which or from the sidewalk in front of which the nuisance has been removed or abated in pursuance of this section, and may be recovered by an action against the property.
(Ord. 73-11-714 § 2 (part): prior code § 9.52.030)