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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 39-6 AND 39-7 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO ABATEMENT OF WEED AND DEBRIS NUISANCE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Sections 39-6 and 39-7 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 39-6. Abatement by director upon failure of owner or occupant to comply with order, etc. If an owner or occupant fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the notice of the director referred to in this Article, the director shall cause the nuisance to be abated and shall transmit to the City Treasurer a statement of all costs incurred thereby, included in said costs shall be a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) fee to cover the administrative expense incurred, all of which shall be added to the taxes assessed against the real estate on which the nuisance existed or abutting the alley, sidewalk or street 6n which the nuisance existed, for the ensuing tax year and shall be collected with such taxes by any manner prescribed by law for the collection of City taxes. All costs incurred thereby shall be docketed as a lien against the real property on which the nuisance occurred or'which abuts the alley, sidewalk, or street on which the nuisance existed, in the Nuisance Abatement Lien Docket Book maintained in the office of the City Treasurer, which lien shall exist in the office of the City Treasurer until removed by payment of said costs in full. Section 39-7. Procedure for removal of weeds and debris when owner is unkno~rn or cannot be found. If an owner of the land or lot on which the nuisance exists or which abuts the alley, sidewalk, or street on which the nuisance exists is unknown or cannot be found, the nuisance referred to i~ ~39-5 shall be dispensed with, and the director shall cause the offending weeds and debris to be cut, or if necessary, removed and abated and shall transmit to the City Treasurer a statement of all costs incurred thereby, which shall include a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to cover the administrative expenses incurred, which shall be added to the taxes assessed against the real estate on which the nuisance and/or offending weeds and debris existed, or which abuts the alley, sidewalk', or street on which the nuisance and/or offending weeds and/or debris existed, for the ensuing tax year, and shall be collected with such taxes by any manner prescribed by law for the collection of City taxes. All costs incurred thereby shall De docketed in the Nuisance Abatement Lien Docket Book maintained in the office of the City Treasurer, which lien shall exist until removed by the payment of said costs in full.