§ 5-36.118. Confirmed cost calculation—Notice of lien.

(a)

Notice of lien. Immediately upon the confirmation of the cost calculation by the City Council, the Director of Community Services shall execute and file in the office of the County Recorder a certificate in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF LIEN

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of Community Services by the provisions of the Simi Valley Municipal Code, said Director of Community Services, on or about the ____________ day of ;daterule;, 20 ____________ , caused the abatement of a nuisance on real property at (Assessor's Parcel Number ____________ ), and the City Council for the City of Simi Valley, on the ____________ day of ;daterule;, 20 ____________ , assessed administrative expenses and abatement costs upon said real property and the same has neither been paid nor paid in full. The City of Simi Valley hereby claims a lien on said real property for the net expense of the administrative expenses and abatement costs in the amount of $ ____________ . This amount shall be a lien upon said real property until the sum has been paid in full and discharged of record.

Dated: This ____________ day of 20 ____________

DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY (ACKNOWLEDGMENT)

(b)

Recordation. Immediately upon the recording of the notice of lien, the cost calculation shall constitute a lien on the real property assessed. Such lien shall, for all purposes, be upon a parity with the lien of State and local taxes.

(§ 3, Ord. 921, eff. July 2, 1998)