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6.085 Eugene Code 6.105 <br />(4) If the council determines that a nuisance does in fact <br />exist, a person responsible shall, within 10 days after the council's <br />determination, abate the nuisance. ' <br />6.090 Abatement Procedures - By the City <br />(1) If within the time allowed, the nuisance has not been abated <br />by a person responsible, the council may cause the nuisance to be abated. <br />(2) The officer charged with abatement of the nuisance shall <br />have the right at reasonable times to enter into or upon property in <br />accordance with law to investigate or cause the removal of a nuisance. <br />(3) The finance officer shall keep an accurate record of the <br />expense incurred by the city in physically abating the nuisance and shall <br />include therein a reasonable charge for administrative overhead. <br />6.095 Abatement Procedures - Joint Responsibility If more than one <br />person is responsible, they shall be jointly and severally liable <br />for abating the nuisance or for the costs incurred by the city in abating <br />the nuisance. <br />6.100 Abatement Procedures - Assessment of Costs <br />(1) The finance officer, by registered or certified mail, <br />postage prepaid, shall forward to a person responsible a notice stating: <br />(a) The total cost of abatement including the <br />administrative overhead. <br />(b) That the cost as indicated will be assessed to and <br />become a lien against the property unless paid within 30 days <br />from the date of the notice. <br />(c) That if the person responsible objects to the cost of <br />the abatement as indicated, he may file a written notice of <br />objection with the finance officer not more than 10 days from the <br />date of the notice. <br />(2) Upon the expiration of 10 days after the date of the notice, <br />the council, in the regular course of business, shall hear and determine <br />the objections to the costs assessed. <br />(3) If the costs of the abatement are not paid within 30 days <br />from the date of the notice, an assessment of the costs as stated or as <br />determined by the council shall be made by resolution and shall thereupon <br />be entered in the docket of city liens; and, upon such entry being made, <br />shall constitute a lien upon the property from which the nuisance was <br />removed or abated. <br />(4) The lien shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for <br />street improvements and shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent <br />per annum. The interest shall commence from date of the entry of the lien <br />in the lien docket. <br />(5) An error in the name of a person responsible shall not void <br />the assessment nor will a failure to receive the notice of the proposed <br />assessment render the assessment void, but it shall remain a valid lien <br />against the property. <br />6.105 Abatement Procedures - Separate from Penalty The requirement <br />to abate a nuisance is not a penalty for violating this Code but <br />is an additional remedy. The imposition of a penalty does not relieve a <br />person of the duty to abate the nuisance; however, abatement by a person <br />J <br />6 -6 12/27/83 <br />