1.20.040 Assessment of costs.
A. The city manager or designee shall keep an accurate record of the expense incurred by the city in abating the nuisance, and shall include therein a charge of 20 percent of the expense for administration overhead.
B. The city manager or designee by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, shall forward to the person responsible a notice stating:
1. The total cost of abatement, including the administrative cost of abatement minus any salvage value;
2. That the cost as indicated will be assessed to and become a lien against the property, unless paid within 30 days from the date of the notice;
3. That if the owner or person in charge of the property objects to the cost of the abatement as indicated, he may file a notice of objection with the city manager not more than 10 days from the date of the notice requesting a hearing.
C. If the costs of the abatement are not paid within 30 days from the date of the notice, an assessment of the cost, as stated or as determined by the council, shall be made by resolution and shall thereupon be entered in the docket of city liens, and upon such entry being made shall constitute a lien upon the property for which the nuisance was removed or abated.
D. The lien shall be enforced in the manner as liens for street improvements are enforced, and shall bear interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum. The interest shall commence to run from the date of entry of the lien in the lien docket.
E. An error in the name of the person responsible shall not void the assessment, nor will a failure to receive the notice of the proposed assessment render the assessment void, but it shall remain a valid lien against the property.
F. The city may, for purposes of giving notice, rely upon the most current records of the county recorder and county assessor for the purposes of identifying the name and address of the property owner, unless the city has received actual notice that another party owns the property. [Ord. 928 § 4, 2017.]