§ 13-8. Assessment of costs against property for removal or repair of defacements.  


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  • (a)

    If the city undertakes corrective action to remove or repair the defacement of unoccupied public or private property after complying with the notice provisions of section 13-7, the actual cost or expenses for such removal or repairs shall be chargeable to and paid by the property owner, and may be collected as a special assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates in the manner in which city taxes and levies are collected.

    (b)

    Every charge authorized by this section with which the owner of any such property has been assessed and which remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property with the same priority as liens for unpaid local taxes and enforceable in the same manner as such liens. The city manager may waive and release such liens in order to facilitate the sale of the property. Such liens may be waived only as to a purchaser who is unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner and who has no business association with the owner. All such liens shall remain a personal obligation of the owner of the property at the time the liens were imposed.

    (Ord. No. 6765-11)

(Ord. No. 6765-11)