Fire hazard removal: accounting and liens

A. The director of finance must establish a separate account to record all revenues derived and expenses incurred which result from fire hazard removal services performed by the County and to record all revenues derived from civil fines collected in accordance with section 16.04E.170 . B. Expenditures from the fund shall be through appropriations set forth in appendix A.II. of the annual budget ordinance. C. In the event the owner or occupant refuses to pay the expenses incurred by the fire chief for the removal of the fire hazard within thirty days of such action by the fire chief, the director of finance is authorized to file a lien on the real estate on which the buildings or structures were located, or on the premises involved. The notice of the lien shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances or with the assistant registrar of the land court, if the real estate or premises involved is registered in the land court, and once recorded, shall be a prior lien on the property. ( Ord. No. 5825 , § 2, 2025; Ord. No. 4447, § 6, 2017 ; Ord. 2662 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1550 § 1 (part), 1986)