§ 10-201. Abatement of nuisances.

(a)

Should any person fail to comply with the provisions of the notifications given pursuant to Sections 10-202, 10-203, 10-204(b), 10-205(a), 10-205(c), 10-207(b), or 10-209(c), City officers or officials or their authorized agents may enter upon the particular lot or tract of land and shall do all acts necessary to abate the public nuisance.

(b)

The City Clerk or a designee of the City Clerk shall file a Notice of Lien with the County Clerk describing the property, the action to be taken and stating that the City claims a lien on such property for the costs of abatement of any public nuisance set forth in [subsection] (a) above. The City Clerk, or designee of the City Clerk, may mail to the property owner at the address shown by the current year's tax rolls in the County Treasurer's office, a statement of actual costs of abatement and administrative costs. If payment is not made within thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing of the statement, a certified statement of amount of costs shall be forwarded to the County Treasurer of Cleveland County and said costs shall be certified to the County Treasurer as a lien against the property involved.

(c)

Abatement for other public nuisances described or defined in the Code of the City of Norman shall be commenced upon the majority vote of the City Council.

(d)

Where [subsection] (c) above is deemed to be impractical, the City of Norman, upon majority vote of the City Council, may bring suit as set forth in Title 50 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 17.

(Ord. No. 0-7273-56; Ord. No. 0-7879-56; Ord. No. 0-8687-28; Ord. No. 0-8687-58; Ord. No. 0-8788-31; Ord. No. 0-0405-25, § 3; Ord. No. 0-1314-14, § 4)

Cross reference

Utility billing, § 21-101 et seq.