The costs as determined above will be added to the tax roll as a special assessment and will be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected.
Contra Costa County Ordinance Code Article 14-6.4 and Government Code Section 25845 authorize the recovery of abatement costs in public nuisance cases, the recordation of a Notice of Abatement Lien, and inclusion of abatement costs on the tax roll as a special assessment upon approval of the Board of Supervisors.
The Notice and Order to Abate was posted on the above-referenced property for a substandard building that has inadequate sanitation, lack of adequate heating, faulty weather protection, hazardous wiring, accumulation of junk and garbage and an expired permit and was served on the property owner and all persons known to be in possession of the property by certified mail on July 15, 2008.
The property owner did not file an appeal. The County Abatement Officer abated the nuisance on June 22, 2009.
The property owner was billed for the actual cost of the abatement and all administrative costs. The bill was sent by certified and first-class mail to the property owner on June 24, 2009. The property owner did not pay the bill within 45 days of the date of mailing.
Notice of this Cost Hearing was sent to the property owner by certified mail by the Clerk of the Board – see Clerk of the Board’s mailing confirmation.