(a) The Director of Finance shall report to Council any such bills remaining unpaid after the 30-day period, whereupon Council may, by ordinance, levy the amount thereof, plus a penalty of five percent, as a special assessment against the parcel of land upon which the tree exists or existed, which made such work necessary.
(b) Such assessment shall be payable in cash within 30 days of the passage of the assessing ordinance, otherwise in one year, and shall be certified to the County Auditor and collected as other taxes. Such assessing ordinance shall either be published for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, or shall be posted in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances of the City, but no other notice need be given except as hereinbefore provided, and no other procedures need be taken to make such levy a valid assessment and lien against such parcel or land.
(c) Assessments against more than one parcel of land may be combined in one assessing ordinance, provided that the assessment on any individual parcel is limited to the total cost of the work performed on such parcel.
(1982 Code, § 917.16) (Ord. 49-18. Passed 3-21-1949.)