7.02.060 Violations - Remedies.
(1) It shall be a misdemeanor violation for any owner or occupant of lands described in the notice herein above referred to fail or neglect to conform to the requirements hereof relating to the eradication or destruction or removal of accumulated weeds, garbage, refuse, objects or structures punishable both by the imposition of civil remedies as herein described and by criminal sanctions.
(2) In the event of failure of the owner or occupant of lands to comply with the notice duly given, it shall be the duty of the inspector at the expense of the municipality to employ necessary assistance and cause such weeds, garbage, refuse, objects, or, in the case of a structure to be removed, destroyed, repaired or secured, so as to remedy the hazard or nuisance. The inspector shall prepare an itemized statement of all expenses incurred in the removal and destruction of the same and shall mail a copy thereof to the owner demanding payment within twenty (20) days of the date of mailing. Said notice shall be deemed delivered when mailed by certified mail addressed to the property owner’s last known address.
(a) In the event the owner is a resident or can be served within the county and fails to make payment of the amount set forth in the statement to the municipal treasurer within twenty (20) days, the inspector on behalf of the municipality may cause suit to be brought in an appropriate court of law.
(b) In the event the owner is not servable or is not a resident within the county, the inspector shall refer the matter to the County Treasurer for inclusion in the tax notice of the property owner. The inspector shall make, in triplicate, an itemized statement of all expenses incurred in the removal and destruction of the same and shall deliver the three (3) copies of said statement to the County Treasurer within ten (10) days after completion of the work of removing such weeds, garbage, refuse, objects or structures in the manner set forth in Sections 10-11-3 and 10-11-4, Utah Code, as amended.
(3) In either event the amount to be collected with an administrative fee as shown on the Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the Municipal Council, together with costs of court and reasonable attorney’s fees and interest accrued shall constitute a civil debt owed by the defendant to the City.