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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030 - 03/03/1981 - AMENDING SECTION 79-7 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF REMOVAL COSTS FOR WEEDS, BRUSH, AND ORDINANCE NO 30 , 1981 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDTNG SECTION 79-7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF REMOVAL COSTS FOR WEEDS, BRUSH, AND RUBBISH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Section 79-7 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows §79-7 Assessment of removal costs The cost of the removal of weeds, brush and rubbish of all kinds from any lot or lots or tracts of land, or from the alley behind and from the sidewalk and parking area in the street in front of any such lot or lots or tracts of land, within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins, shall be assessed upon the lot or lots or tracts of land from which said weeds, brush and rubbish are removed, and the owners thereof, in accor- dance with applicable provisions of Chapter 16, Im- provements, Local Public, and such assessment shall be a lien in the several amounts assessed against each lot or tract of land until paid, and shall have priority over all other liens except general taxes and prior special assessments In case any such assessment is not paid within thirty (30) days after the same has been certified to the Finance Director by the Director of Public Works, the Finance Director shall then be and is hereby authorized to certify to the County Treasurer of the County of Larimer the list of delinquent assess- ments, giving the name of the owner as appears of record, the number of the lot and block and the amount of assessment, said certification to be the same in substance and in the same form as required for the certification of sewer taxes, and the County Treasurer, upon the receipt of such certified list, is hereby authorized to place the same upon the tax list for the current year and to collect the special assessment in the same manner as other taxes are collected with ten percent (10%) penalty thereon, and all the laws of the state for the assessment and collection of the general taxes, including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and the redemption thereof, shall apply to and have full force and effect for the collection of all such assessments Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered pub- lished this 17th day of Februar , A D 19AI, and to be presented for final passage on ti}e 33rd day -67 March A 981 P ay ATTEST i City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of March A D 1981 I 1 on ATTEST 4C*4" h Cl u n o R City Clerk