The village shall keep an itemized account of those expenses it incurs to abate nuisances on behalf of a private property owner or tenant. The total cost incurred for administration, labor, personnel, materials and equipment may either be collected through civil litigation directed against the property owner or may be certified by the Village Fiscal Officer to the County Auditor, and by the Auditor placed upon the tax duplicate to be a lien upon the duplicate and to be collected as other taxes and returned to the village, with the effect that the total cost of the work constitutes a lien on the property which has priority ahead of any and all mortgages on the premises. The collection proceedings or certification to the Auditor shall only be initiated by the village after property owners, or others with an interest in the property, have been offered at least 30 days to remit full payment for charges incurred.
(Prior Code, § 1416.11) (Ord. 699, passed 9-2-2003)