(A) The Enforcement Official may cause the condition identified in the notice to be abated at the expense of the owner and/or person controlling the property or when deposited on or in a public place, at the expense of the person depositing the litter therein or thereon, when the person served with the notice to comply fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the demand identified in the notice by the date identified in the notice.

(B) Upon completion of the work, the Enforcement Official shall prepare a statement of account of the actual cost of abatement, the date the work was completed, the street address on which said work was done, including five percent, or such additional amount as may hereafter be provided by law, of the actual cost for additional inspection and other incidental costs in connection therewith, and shall serve a copy of such statement upon the person(s) owning or controlling such property, or in the case of a person placing litter in or on a public place, the person placing the litter therein or thereon in the manner prescribed in this chapter. The statement of account shall include notice that a lien may be filed on the abated property if the outstanding balance is not paid in 30 days from the date of service. Failure to comply with this notice of lien provision will not preclude the placing of the lien so long as 30 days advance notice that a lien may be filed is provided prior to the filing of a lien.

(C) The person to whom the statement is given shall have 30 days from the date of service to appeal in writing to the City Manager from the abatement fees as contained in the verified statement as provided in Article 10-6. If an appeal is not filed with the Clerk within the 30 day period, the abatement fees shall become final and binding.

(D) An assessment that is past due accrues interest as provided in A.R.S. § 9-499 at the rate prescribed in A.R.S. § 44-1201.

(E) In the event the property owner fails to pay the cost of abatement, the City may record a lien on the real property identified in the notice of violation. Unpaid sums are a lien on the property from the date of recording in the office of the County Recorder in Maricopa County, Arizona, until the fees and all costs are paid as provided by law. (Prior Code, § 10-4-8) (Am. Ord. 93-486, passed 5-11-1993; Am. Ord. 2000-686, passed 11-14-2000; Am. Ord. 11-1232, passed 1-24-2011; Am. Ord. 14-1297, passed 8-18-2014; Am. Ord. 18-1419, passed 12-3-2018. Formerly 10-5-4)