A. The community development director or designee shall keep an account of the expenses and costs of removing and abating the nuisance on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done, and shall render a written, itemized report to the city manager, showing the costs and expenses of abating the nuisance including the city’s incidental and direct administrative expenses, less any salvage value relating thereto.
B. The community development director shall set the matter for hearing before the city manager. The city manager shall then determine the correctness and reasonableness of such expenses and costs.
C. A copy of the report shall be served in accordance with this chapter on the property owner, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be heard by the city manager for confirmation.
D. The term “incidental expenses” or “expenses” shall include but shall not be limited to, the actual expenses and costs of the city in preparing notices, specifications, and contracts, in inspecting the work, legal fees, and other related costs.
E. The prevailing party in any proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter and associated with the abatement of a public nuisance shall be entitled to recovery of attorneys’ fees incurred in any such proceeding, in accordance with Section 1.12.030(C) of the municipal code. (Ord. 221 § 3, 2002; Ord. 114 § 23, 1993)