§ 10.64.150. Cost of abatement a charge against City Treasury—Collection of costs—Unpaid costs a lien.

Costs incurred by the city in the abatement of a condition which is in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be a proper charge against the City Treasury and paid therefrom. If the administrative costs of removal which are charged against the owner of a parcel of land pursuant to this chapter are not paid within thirty (30) days of the date of the order declaring the vehicle or parts thereof a public nuisance and assessing costs of administration and removal or the final disposition of an appeal thereof, such costs shall be assessed against the parcel of land.

The Chief of Police shall record in the Office of the Recorder of Alameda County, California, a certificate substantially in the following form:

NOTICE OF LIEN

  Pursuant to authority vested in me by the Oakland Traffic Code, I did on the ___ day of _____, 19___, cause to be abated, at the owner's expense, in the amount of $_____, a condition upon the real property hereinafter described. Said amount, nor any part, has not been paid. The City of Oakland does hereby claim a lien upon said real property in said amount, which amount shall remain a lien upon said real property until paid in full, together with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of recordation of this lien in the Office of the Recorder of Alameda County, California. The real property upon which lien is claimed is that certain parcel of land in the City of Oakland, County of Alameda, State of California, as described as follows:

(Insert property description)

Date:_______, 19___.

___________

Oakland Chief of Police

Costs incurred in such abatement shall remain a lien upon the property described in the lien notice until paid in full, plus accrued interest at the rate of six percent per annum from date of recordation. The statute of limitations shall not run against the city's right to enforce payment of such lien.

(Prior traffic code § 316)