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Section 20-23. Clearance by County; costs. <br /> (a) If any owner, after notice to clear any occupied or unoccupied lot has been mailed <br /> to the owner and posted by the mayor fails or refuses to comply with the order <br /> within thirty days after the notice, the County may proceed to clear the [ ] affected <br /> area at the expense of the owner. <br /> (b) The expense of clearing [anylot] the affected area shall be a lien on the property so <br /> cleared, and the County may recover the amount of the lien and the expense and <br /> costs of the clearing by action at law in assumpsit, or by any action allowed by law <br /> in equity, or that may be prescribed by statute, including any proceeding allowed <br /> for the foreclosure of tax liens. <br /> (c) In cases where the potential hazard only involves private property, prior to <br /> proceeding to clear the lot, the County may require that the complaining resident(s) <br /> or property owner(s) deposit with the County, in a check payable to the director of <br /> finance, the estimated expense of clearing the affected area. If the deposit exceeds <br /> the actual cost of clearing the affected area, a refund will be issued." <br /> SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is <br /> underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, <br /> and underscoring need not be included. <br /> SECTION 6. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any <br /> person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or <br /> applications of the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or <br /> application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. <br /> SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. <br /> 3 <br />