What other kind of charges may be assessed to my property?
Nuisance Abatement
The City is authorized to collect via assessment its cost of abating property-related health and safety problems when an owner has failed to perform the work following notice by the City. Such abatements may include:
- Sidewalk snow and ice removal
- Property cleanup/rubbish removal
- Weed elimination
- Trash hauling
- Building board-up
- Building demolition
- Abandoned vehicle removal
- Graffiti removal
- Diseased tree removal
Unpaid City Charges
The City may assess property owners to recover unpaid city charges, including:
- Excessive inspections of property code violations
- Delinquent Vacant Building Monitoring registration fees
- Delinquent Certificate of Occupancy fees
- Payments to court-appointed property administrators for improvements made to remedy property code violations (Tenants Remedy Act)