(A) The abatement official shall keep an account of the costs, including incidental expenses, of abating each public nuisance, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the City Council showing the costs of abatement and manner of abatement and manner of abatement of each public nuisance, including any salvage value relating thereto.
(B) Upon the completion of the abatement work, the abatement official shall prepare and file with the City Clerk a report specifying the work done, itemizing the total cost of the work, the description of the property affected by the public nuisance and the names and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to § 11.12.040. Before the report is submitted to the City Council, a copy of a report shall be posted for at least five days upon the affected premises, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be heard by the City Council.
(C) “Incidental expenses” including, but are not limited to, the actual expense and cost of the city in the preparation of notices, specifications and contracts, overhead and inspection of the work and the cost of printing and mailing required hereunder.
(D) The costs, including incidental expenses, of abating each public nuisance shall constitute a lien upon the affected property, and a notice of lien for amounts described in this section may be recorded in the office of the district recorder, Aleutian Islands Recording District, Third Judicial District; however failure to so record said interests shall not be construed as a waiver or abrogation of any and all priorities, rights and interests of the city at law and in equity. Upon full satisfaction of payment of all charges, interest, penalties and costs due and owing to the city, the city shall file a certificate discharging the lien. In an action to enforce a lien, the court shall allow as part of the costs all money paid for drawing the lien and for filing and recording the lien claim, and a reasonable attorney fee for the foreclosure of the lien.
(E) The costs shall be recovered by the city in a civil action, or the city may assess such costs to each and every separate property affected by the abatement as a tax, which shall then be collected as other taxes are collected.
(F) All moneys recovered for the cost of abatement shall be paid into the general fund.
(Am. Ord. 2017-10, passed 8-8-17)