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ORDINANCE NO. 98. L e OR,IGINAL PAGE 5 SECTION 8: PENALTIES - OWNER/OCCUPANT (1) Per Section 4 of this Ordinance the owner or occupant will be given a maximum of 30 days to abate the said violation. (2) An owner or occupant found to be in violation of Section 4 shall be fined in any sum not more than $500.00 per day and each day may be deemed a separate offense. (3) If the City has exercised its right to remove per Section 6 of this Ordinance the City may pursue cost recovery as outlined in Sections 9 & 10. SECTION 9. FILING OF STATEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED. After compiling the cost of the work and after charging the same against the owner of the premises, the City Manager or his duly designated agents, shall file a lien on the property if the owner of the premises fails to pay the expenses within 15 days of receipt of statement. To remove a lien from a property the owner must pay the cost of the lien, in addition to, $50.00 per property for administrative costs. SECTION 10. ABATEMENT AND COST RECOVERY PROCEEDINGS. Lien. Upon filing the statement of expenses with the County Clerk, the City shall have a privileged lien upon the land described therein and upon which such improvements have been made, in accordance with the provisions of Texas Codes Annotated, Health and Safety Code, Section 342.001, et seq. Such liens shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements to secure the expenditures so made, and shall bear ten per cent (10%) interest on the amount of such expenditures from the date of such payment by the City. For any such expenditures and interest, suit may be instituted by the City Attorney and recovery and foreclosure of the lien may be had in the name of the City, and the statement of expenses made, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended in such work or improvements. Upon payment of the full charges assessed against any property, pursuant to the procedure set forth in this section, the City Manager or his duly designated agents shall be authorized to execute, for and in behalf of the City, a written release of the lien heretofore mentioned, such written release to be on a form prepared and approved in each case, by the City Attorney.