5.01.100 Assessment of costs for City abatement.
(1) In the event the City takes action to abate a public nuisance, the Finance Director shall send to the owner and the Responsible Person, by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, a notice stating:
(a) The total cost of abatement including the administrative costs;
(b) The cost as indicated will be assessed to and become a lien against the property unless paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice;
(c) That if the owner or Responsible Person objects to the cost of the abatement as indicated, a Notice of Objection may be filed with the Finance Director not more than ten (10) days from the date of notice.
(2) If a Notice of Objection is filed, at the next available hearing examiner meeting, the hearing examiner in the regular course of business, shall make a decision on the objections to the costs assessed. The hearing examiner may uphold or waive the costs assessed in whole or in part. The procedures of PCC 17.170.030 and 17.185.030 are not applicable to a Notice of Objection.
(3) If the hearing examiner upholds all or part of the assessed costs, said costs shall be paid within thirty (30) days after hearing examiner action on the Notice of Objection. If the costs remain unpaid after thirty (30) days, an assessment of the costs as stated or decided by the hearing examiner shall be made by City Council resolution and shall be recorded as a lien upon the property. Notification of the recording shall be mailed to the owner, postage prepaid, or may be by personal service.
(4) The lien shall be enforced and shall bear interest at the rate of seven (7) percent per annum. The interest shall begin to run from the date of recording.
(5) A failure to receive the notice of the proposed assessment will not void the assessment, and it shall remain a valid lien against the property. (Ord. 22-2 §8, 2022; Ord. 07-3 §11, 2007).