When an owner fails to comply with the notice provided for in Section 1024.03, the .Borough may cause the work to be done at the expense of such owner, together with charges and expenses authorized by law, with ten percent added in accordance with the Borough Code. When, however, an owner elects, in a written statement which is satisfactory to the Borough, to have the Borough do the work, either by public contract or by its employees, only the customary costs thereof shall be assessed, without an additional ten percent. Unless otherwise agreed, the Borough may collect all such assessments in accordance with the Municipal Claims Act of 1923, its amendments and supplements, by an action in assumpsit or otherwise, at the option of the Borough Solicitor.
(Ord. 671. Passed 6-11-68. )