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SPONSORED BY COUNCILMANI Crane
ORDINANCE NO. /
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE CITY
CODE, SECTION 21-9 BY SETTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR THE COST OF
ABATING NUISANCES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Code, Section 21-9, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec.21-9.Costs of abatement to be assessed.
A. Any and all costs incurred by the city in the abatement of a nuisance under the provisions
of this article shall be certified to the city clerk or officer in charge of finance,who shall cause a special
tax bill or assessment therefor against the property be prepared and collected by the official responsible
for collecting personal property taxes. The special tax bill or assessment shall be notice to all persons
from the time of its recording,and shall bear interest at the legal rate thereafter until satisfied.
B. In addition to any charges for the actual abatement of the nuisance and as part of
the charges assessed in paragraph A.,above,the ifty clerk or officer in charge of finance,shall
• impose a fee to cover the ci 's administrative costs for abating the nuisance. The council
determines this cost to be One Hundred and no/100 Dollars 100.00 based upon the average
administrative cost for abating nuisances,in lieu of an independent determination of costs in each
case.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of
its passage and approval.
Passed: /� a� Approve 4—/ 7
P esiding Officer 2�M
A EST: APPROVE AS TO FORM:
City C16fk City Counselor
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