A. The fire chief and/or his/her authorized representative shall keep an account of the costs and fees of enforcing this chapter. The fire chief, or designee, may present this account of costs and fees and request the Visalia city council to declare a special assessment. Upon confirmation by the city council, any unpaid costs or fees, as confirmed, shall constitute a special assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land, and as thus keep a lien on said property for the amount of such assessment.
B. After the confirmation of said amount, a certified copy shall be turned over to the assessor and the tax collector of the county of Tulare, acting on behalf of the city, whereupon it shall be the duty of said assessor and tax collector to add the amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular bills of taxes levied against the said respective lots and parcels for land for municipal purposes, and thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for other municipal taxes.
(Ord. 2016-19 § 1 (part), 2016)