[Amended 10-22-1990; 9-30-1996; 1-24-2005; 3-19-2007]
A. 
Owners of premises shall be responsible for compliance with the Property Rehabilitation and Conservation Code standards and shall remain responsible therefor regardless of the fact that this Part 2 may also place certain responsibilities on the occupants and regardless of any agreements between owners and occupants as to which party shall assume such responsibility.
B. 
Owners of premises shall be responsible for the proper maintenance, condition and operation of service facilities and for furnishing heat and hot-water supply in multiple dwellings.
The occupant of a dwelling unit shall be responsible for compliance with the Property Rehabilitation and Conservation Code standards in regard to the following:
A. 
Limiting occupancy of that part of the premises which he occupies or controls to the maximum permitted by the Property Rehabilitation and Conservation Code standards.
B. 
Maintaining that part of the premises which he occupies or controls in a clean, sanitary and safe condition.
C. 
Maintaining all plumbing, cooking and refrigeration fixtures and appliances, as well as other building equipment and storage facilities, in that part of the premises which he occupies or controls in a clean and sanitary condition, and providing reasonable care in the operation and use thereof.
D. 
Disposing garbage and refuse into provided facilities in a clean and sanitary manner.
E. 
Exterminating insects, rodents or other vermin within his dwelling unit if his unit is the only one infested in the premises.
F. 
Hanging and removing required screens.
G. 
Keeping his domestic animals and pets in a lawful manner.
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Editor's Note: Former § 215-74, Mandatory administration fee, as amended 8-27-2012; 8-28-2017; 9-25-2017; and 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020, was repealed 8-30-2021.
[Added 3-23-2009; amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall keep an account of all such work done in accordance with this chapter and shall report to the City Council all parcels of land upon which such work has been performed and the names of the owners of said parcels who have not paid for the cost of the work performed, and the City Council shall thereupon order assessments upon such lands for the amounts reported.
[Added 9-25-2017]
A. 
Any and all expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter, regardless of and not requiring specific reference to this chapter, plus a fee of 20% for inspection and administrative overhead therewith, shall be certified by the Director of Development to the City Clerk/Treasurer and shall thereupon become and be a lien upon the property and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer in the same manner as taxes levied and assessed against such property.
[Amended 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
B. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall notify the owner by first-class mail to the address on file with the taxing authority within 14 days of filing of the lien with the County Clerk.
[Amended 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
C. 
Except with respect to a lien proposed for expenses incurred in demolition, nothing herein shall be construed as placing a lien upon the property which has priority over the lien of any recorded mortgage or lien on such property executed and recorded prior to the existence of a lien herein authorized.