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When the city has effected the removal of said grass, weeds, brush or vegetation, a code enforcement officer shall render a statement covering the costs of such abatement, including all of the city’s expenses, which may include the time of the officer to arrange for and accomplish the abatement, and mail the bill to the property owner at both the last known address and the address listed in the county’s property tax records. The cost of such abatement shall be a lien upon the property that is of equal rank with state, county, and municipal taxes. If the property owner fails to pay such bill, or if the owner cannot be found, the officer may cause a special assessment to be levied, in the manner provided in ACC 8.12.080, and/or a lien to be filed against the property. The lien shall be in similar form, be filed with the same county office, filed within the same time and manner, and be enforced and foreclosed in the same way as state law provides for the foreclosure of labor and material liens. Additionally, the city may refer to a collection agency the abatement costs, which shall include the collection agency fee, and any penalty assessed pursuant to Chapter 1.25 ACC shall include the abatement costs. The provisions of this chapter relative to the recovery of abatement costs are not exclusive, and all other rights or remedies of the city, or any citizen thereof, relative to recovering abatement costs are to remain in full force and effect. (Ord. 6647 § 4, 2017; Ord. 6615 § 15, 2016; Ord. 5747 § 3, 2003; Ord. 4504 § 12, 1991; Ord. 4040 § 4, 1985.)