(A) Except as provided in KRS 381.770(3), it shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon through the accumulation of:
(1) Junked or wrecked automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials, excluding inoperative farm equipment;
(2) One or more mobile or manufactured homes as defined in KRS 227.550 that are junked, wrecked, or nonoperative and which are not inhabited;
(3) Rubbish; or
(4) The excessive growth of weeds or grass.
(KRS 381.770(2))
(B) Whenever a nuisance situation is discovered, or chronic nuisance property exists, the authorized city official shall proceed pursuant to ordinance 16-1101.
(C) (1) The city shall have a lien against the property for the reasonable value of labor and materials used in remedying the nuisance situation. The affidavit of the authorized city official shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of the lien and the regularity of the proceedings pursuant to KRS 381.770, and shall be recorded in the office of the County Clerk. The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest at the rate established by the city thereafter until paid. The lien created shall take precedence over all other liens, except state, county, school board, and city taxes, except as provided in KRS 381.770(8), and may be enforced by judicial proceeding.
(KRS 381.770(7))
(2) In addition to this remedy or any other remedy authorized by law, the owner of a property upon which a lien has been attached pursuant to this section shall be personally liable for the amount of the lien, including all interest, civil penalties, and other charges, and the city may bring a civil action against the owner and shall have the same remedies as provided for the recovery of a debt owed.
(KRS 381.770(9))
(Ord. 17-1201, passed 1-4-2018) Penalty, see § 92.99