1.41.160 Enforcement.
A. In accordance with Government Code Section 38773, the City Manager or a Director, or both as appropriate, may enforce the confirmation of costs as follows:
1. As a personal obligation against a responsible party; and
2. Either:
a. As a recorded lien with the priority of a judgment lien in the real property records of the county against any real property which was the subject of abatement or corrective action; or
b. As an assessment against the property which was subject to abatement or corrective action, to be collected in the same manner as municipal taxes.
B. The City Manager, City Attorney or Director is authorized to obtain judicial enforcement for the foreclosure of the lien, where appropriate. In addition, pursuant to Government Code Section 38773.7, the City Manager may seek treble damages for the abatement costs where the corrective action arose out of or constituted a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period, as provided for in that section. Enactment of this subsection constitutes the enactment of an ordinance authorizing the recovery of treble damages in accordance with Government Code Section 38773.7. (Ord. 2718 § 3, 1998).