Chapter 6.80 SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
Section 6.80.290 Abatement by county.
If such nuisance as defined in Section 6.80.280(B) is not
abated as ordered within said
abatement period, the enforcement officer shall cause the same to be abated by county employees
or private contract. The enforcement officer, county employees or private contractor are
expressly authorized to enter upon said property for such purposes. The cost, including incidental
expenses, of abating the nuisance shall be billed to the owner and shall become due and payable
to the enforcement agency thirty (30) calendar days thereafter. The term incidental expenses
shall include, but not be limited to, personnel costs, both direct and indirect, including attorney
s
fees; costs incurred in documenting the nuisance; the actual expenses and costs of the county in
the preparation of notices, specifications and contracts, and in inspecting the work; and the costs
of printing and mailing notices required herein. No person(s) shall obstruct, impede, or interfere
with the enforcement officer, or designated representative, or with any person who owns or holds
any interest or estate in any property in the performance of any necessary act, preliminary to or
incidental, carrying out an abatement order issued pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 99-60 (part))