(a) In accordance with this Chapter, any time after an administrative citation has been issued, the County may serve upon each interested party an invoice identifying all abatement costs related to a nuisance abatement action. The Invoice shall notify the liable parties that they must remit payment within 45 calendar days, specify how payment must be remitted, notify the interested parties of their right to request an administrative hearing to contest the invoice within 15 days, and briefly describe the process by which to request an administrative hearing. The invoice shall further notify the interested parties that any unpaid amounts may become a lien and special assessment against the nuisance property.
(b) Any interested party to which an Invoice is issued shall have 15 days from the date of service of the Invoice to request an administrative hearing to contest the invoice. The request for the administrative hearing shall be made in accordance with the instructions provided in the invoice. Upon the proper filing of an administrative hearing request by an interested party, the invoice shall be stayed pending the resolution of the administrative hearing. The administrative hearing shall pertain only to the Invoice, and may not serve as a collateral challenge to an administrative citation.
(c) Any liable party to whom an invoice has been issued shall have 45 calendar days from the date of that invoice to remit full payment of the abatement costs to the County in accordance with the payment instructions in the invoice, unless the invoice is stayed pursuant to a pending administrative hearing request.
(d) The County is entitled, and is hereby authorized, to recover all past due administrative fines, administrative fees, late fees, abatement costs, collection costs, and hearing costs by use of all available legal means, including, but not limited to, personal collection from the liable parties and lien or special assessment against the nuisance property if any of the liable parties have or control title to the nuisance property. Each liable party shall be jointly and severally liable to the County for all the County's abatement costs. The procedures provided in this Section are in addition to all other remedies and cost recovery options available to the County by law or in equity.
(§ 2, Ord. 1526, eff. October 29, 2020)