§ 10.16.120. Collection

A.

If the property owner does not pay the total expenses of abating the nuisance as shown on the statement of expenses within seven days after the city council confirms the statement, then the total expense for abating such nuisance, as so confirmed by the city council, shall constitute a special assessment against the respective lot(s) or parcel(s) of land to which it relates, and upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of a notice of lien, as so made and confirmed, shall constitute a lien on said property for the amount of such assessment. The assessment lien shall continue until it is paid in full, together with interest at the rate of six percent per year computed from the date of confirmation of the statement until payment. The total expense for abating the nuisance as shown on the confirmed statement of expenses, together with interest at the rate of six percent per year computed from the date of confirmation of the statement until payment, shall also be a personal debt and obligation of the property owner in favor of the city collectable in any manner provided by law.

B.

After such confirmation and recordation, a copy of the notice of lien may be turned over to the tax collector for the city whereupon it shall be the duty of said tax collector to add the amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular tax bills levied against said respective lot (s) or parcel (s) for municipal purposes and thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes; or after such recordation, such lien may be foreclosed by judicial or other sale in the manner and means provided by law.

C.

The notice of lien prepared pursuant to this section shall be in the form substantially as follows:

"NOTICE OF LIEN
(Claim of the City of Isleton)

Pursuant to the authority vested by City of Isleton Ordinance No. _____, the City did on or about the _____ day of _______, 20___, order the abatement of a nuisance on the real property hereinafter described; and the City Council of the City of Isleton did on the _____ day of _______, 20___, assess the expenses of such abatement upon the real property hereinafter described and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof; and that said City of Isleton does hereby claim a lien for such expenses of abatement in the amount of said assessment, to wit: the sum of $_____; and that the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the same has been paid in full and discharged of record.

The real property hereinabove mentioned, and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain parcel of land lying and being in the City of Isleton, County of Sacramento, State of California, and particularly described as follows:

(description)

Dated this _____ day of _______, 20___.

By ___________, City Clerk

(Ord. No. 309, § 12, 4-11-1990)