A. Both the owner of the property on which the nuisance was abated and all persons who created, caused, committed or maintained the nuisance shall be personally liable to the city for the abatement costs confirmed by the resolution. In addition, the abatement costs shall constitute a special assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates, and upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of a notice of lien, shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessment.

B. The form for the notice of lien shall be substantially as follows:

NOTICE OF LIEN
(Claim of City of San Luis Obispo)

Pursuant to the authority granted by the laws of the State of California and the Charter and ordinances of the City of San Luis Obispo, and in compliance with the provisions thereof, said City has expended the sum of $___ to abate a public nuisance upon the hereinafter described real property, the City Council of said City has adopted Resolution No. ___ confirming said sum as the cost of abatement, and said sum now constitutes a special assessment and lien upon said real property until said sum has been paid in full and discharged of record.
Said real property is situated within the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, more particularly described as follows:

(LEGAL DESCRIPTION)

Dated:__________, 19_________.

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City Clerk
City of San Luis Obispo

C. After recordation, a certified copy of the notice of lien shall be delivered to the tax collector and thereafter the amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes, or, after such recordation, such lien may be foreclosed by judicial or other sale in the manner and means provided by law. (Ord. 1206 § 1, 1991: prior code § 4400.14)