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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINI.A, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 23-507.1 THEREOF PERTAINING TO MOTOR BOATS AND WATERCRAFT. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That ~23-507.1 of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, follows: the Code of be amended the City of to read as Section 23-507.1. Removal or repair of hazardous or obstructing docks, wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads or other structures or vessels. (a) Whenever the City Manager or his designee shall be of the opinion that any dock, wharf, pier, piling, bulkhead or other structure or vessel might endanger the public health or safety of persons, or might constitute a hazard or obstruction to the lawful use of the wasers within or adjoining the City, he shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner of such dock, wharf, pier, piling, bulkhead or other structure of vessel or the land upon which same is situated, directing the owner to remove, repair or secure such property within the time to be specified within such notice. Any such owner who shall fail to remove, repair or secure such property within the time specified in such notice shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. (b) If the owner fails to remove, repair or secure such dock, wh[arf, pier, pi~ing, bulkhead or other structure or vessel within the time specified in the notice given pursuant to this section, the City Manager or his designee may remove, repair or secure such property at the expense of the owner, and the expense shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of such property. Such expense shall be a lien upon such property or upon any parcel of land of which it is a part or to which it is affixed or from which it was removed, until paid, and shall be reported by the City Manager or his designee to the City Treasurer, who shall collect the same in the manner in which City 5axes levied upon the real estate are authorized to be collected. Such lien shall be recorded in the Judgment Lien Docket Book in the Circuit Court of the City and may be reduced to a personal judgment against the owner.