A. Costs Of Abating Nuisance: When any person is found guilty of erecting, causing or continuing a nuisance, the court, before whom the trial is had, may, in addition to the penalty imposed, if any, order that the nuisance be abated or removed at the expense of the defendant, and after inquiring into and estimating, as nearly as may be, the sum necessary to defray the expenses of the abatement, the court may issue a warrant therefor.
B. Executing Warrant: The expense of abating a nuisance by means of a warrant issued pursuant to this chapter can be collected by the officer executing the warrant in the same manner as damages and costs are collected on execution, except that the materials of any buildings, fences or other things that may be removed as a nuisance may be first levied upon and sold by the officer, and if any of the proceeds remain after satisfying the expense of the removal, the balance must be paid by the officer to the defendant, or to the owner of the property levied upon, and if said proceeds are not sufficient to pay such expenses, the officer must collect the residue thereof.
C. Bond Given: Instead of issuing a warrant as provided by this chapter, the court may order the warrant to be stayed upon motion of the defendant and upon his entering into an undertaking to the city in such sum and with said surety as the court may direct, conditioned upon the defendant discontinuing said nuisance within a time fixed by the court, not to exceed six (6) months, or that the defendant causing the nuisance to be abated and removed as is directed by the court; and upon the defendant's failure to perform the conditions of his undertaking, the bond shall be forfeited and the court, upon being satisfied as to the default, may order the warrant forthwith to issue, and action may be brought on the bond. (Rev. Ord. 1541, Comp. 1941, p. N-3)