§ 18-269. Costs incurred by city; assessment of lien.
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All costs incurred by the city based upon actions taken by the city to cure violations
of this division shall be charged and billed to the person in violation of this division.
Unless payment is made within 30 days of such billing, the city commission may, by
the adoption of a resolution levying such charges, assess against the property a lien
in the amount of the charges outstanding, or such lesser amount as the city commission
shall decide is just and fair. Assessment liens levied in this manner shall be filed
in the office of the city clerk and in the public records of the county as a lien
against the property and shall be prior in dignity to all other liens against the
property, save and except a lien for taxes. Such assessments shall bear interest at
the legal rate and such liens may be foreclosed in the same manner in which mortgage
liens are foreclosed. Assessments levied pursuant to this section may be certified
to the tax collector for collection pursuant to the uniform method provided in F.S.
§ 197.3632 or in the same manner as assessments for chronic nuisance service assessments.
