§ 8.12.050. Abatement—Failure—Suit for violation.

If any person, after being served with notice as provided in Section 8.12.040, fails to abate any nuisance within the time limit specified in such notice, the city may proceed to abate such nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement as to each particular lot or tract, and such expense shall be charged and paid by such owner, person in charge or control of the property, or other person whose duty it is to abate such nuisance. Thereafter, if the cost of abating or removing the nuisance remains unpaid, the city, at its option, may file a lien upon the real property where the nuisance was abated or removed, or may forthwith file suit in any court of competent jurisdiction making a personal judgment from the owner of such property to recover such expenses where the nuisance was abated or removed. In the alternative, the city may, immediately after the expiration of the time specified in the notice, bring suit for violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 701 (part), 1992: Ord. 480 §5, 1968).