In the event of refusal or neglect of a person to cause such nuisance to be abated
in the manner and within the time provided herein, it shall be reported to the manager.
The manager may, in a reasonable and prudent manner, direct the expenditure of public
resources to abate the nuisance condition. Fee and costs shall be established by ordinance.
The cost of abatement shall include an administrative assessment, title search costs,
lien filing costs and any attorney's fees and costs made necessary when the public
is compelled to collect through legal process, in addition to the actual cost of labor
and materials expended in public abatement. The person shall be served with a notice
of assessment within seven days of the completion of the abatement. The notice of
assessment shall include the administrative fee and a statement of public cost, attested
to by affidavit, and shall be issued and served, as provided for in section 10-27(b), upon the person responsible for payment who shall make payment within 30 days
of the date of service. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period, if the amount has
not been paid in full or contested before the manager, the manager may cause a lien
in that amount to be filed with the county clerk of court and with the finance director
of the city. The lien shall be of record in the county courthouse and the office of
the finance director in the book of liens, until paid or recovered, or otherwise released.
Collection of the lien by way of foreclosure may be instituted by the city attorney
on behalf of the city.
