(A) The City Recorder shall deliver, by personal service or by mail, both regular and certified mail (return receipt requested), to the person responsible and to the owner a notice stating:
(1) The total cost of abatement, including the administrative overhead;
(2) That the cost as indicated will be assessed to and become a lien against the property unless paid within 30 days from the date of the notice; and
(3) That if the person responsible objects to the cost of the abatement as indicated, that person may file a notice of objection with the City Recorder not more than ten days from the date of the notice.
(B) Upon the expiration of ten days after the date of the notice, the Council, in the regular course of business, shall hear and determine any objections to the costs assessed.
(C) If the costs of the abatement are not paid within 30 days from the date of the notice an assessment of the costs as stated or determined by the Council shall be made by resolution and shall then be entered in the docket of city liens against the property from which the nuisance was removed or abated.
(D) The lien shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for street improvements are enforced and shall bear interest at the rate of 9% per year. The interest shall be computed from the date of entry of the lien in the lien docket.
(E) If there is an inaccuracy in the name of the owner or person responsible, if such persons do not receive the notice of the proposed assessment, the assessment shall remain a valid lien against the property.
(F) If neither the person responsible nor the owner has received notice of the proposed assessment, then the city shall publish the notice of the proposed assessment once in a newspaper of general circulation.
(Ord. 709, passed 3-9-2009)