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Sec: 22-81. Site owner's responsibility for costs. The site owner is.responsible for all casts of dealing with and abatingthe:.pub[it health nuisance, including contractor's fees and th.e city's costs for services performed in connection with the clandestine drug lab site cleanup. The city's.costs may include: (1) Posting of.the site; (2). Notificationofaffected parties; (3) Securing the site, providing limited access to the site, and prosecutiori of unauthorized persons. fo und at the site; (4) Expenses relatedto.the recovery of costs; including the special assessment process; (5) Laboratory fees; (6) Cleanup services; (7) Administrative fees; (8) Legal fees; and (9) other associated costs. (Code 15991.§ 188.090; Ord.. No. 560, 4-20-2004) .Sec, 22-82. City action and. recovery of costs. (a) If the site owner fails to corri ply with any of the requirements of this article,. the city code enforcement officer is authorized to take all reasonable:actions.necessary to abate the..public: health nuisance, including contracting. with a.cit.y-approved environmental hazard testi rig and cleaning firm to: conduct the work. outl€reed in section 22-80. Such officer is also. authorized to. provide a copy of the. declaration of public health nuisance to the holdets:of mortgage or lien interests in the affected.site. (b) If the costs to clean the site.or to'clean the personal property at the site a.re prohibitively high in relation to the value of the site or the personal property, the city is authorized:.to remove or demolish the site, structure or building and dispose:of the.personal property in it. These actions must be taken in accordance with the provisions of AS.A..ch.. 463. (c). If the city. abates the public health nuisance; the city is entitlEd.to recover all its 'actua] Costs; plus an additional 25. percent of such costs.for administrative and legal expense, in addition to.any other legal remedy, The City may recover costs by civil action against the site owner or by assessing the costs against the siters a Tien agal nst the pro perty and certifying .the same to the county for collection in the same manner as ad valorem taxes .and .special assessments. (Code 1999, § 188.100; Ord. No. 5.60;.4-20-2004) Sec. 22-83. Recovery of costs from persons causing damage. Nothing in this article I'irriits the right of the site.awner or the city to recover cleanup costs. from the tenant or operators of the clandestine drug lab. .(Code 1999., § 189.1.10; Ord. No. 560, 4-20-2004) Created; 2022-05-05 14:NS57 [M] (5upp. No: 5) Page 12 of 13