§ 17-27. Performance of work by City

(a) City may perform work. If such person fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this article within seven (7) days after the date of notification as provided in section 17-25 of this article or after an informal hearing is held pursuant to subsection 17-25(d) of this article, whichever is later, or if the weeds are dangerous according to section 17-26 of this article, the City may go upon such property, or authorize another to go upon such property, and do or cause to be done the work necessary to obtain compliance with this article, and may charge the expenses incurred in having same done to the owner of such property as provided hereafter. The remedy provided in this subsection (a) is in addition to the remedy provided for in section 17-31 of this article.

(b) Assessment of costs. If the City performs the work to obtain compliance with this article, there shall be assessed an administrative fee of two hundred and twenty dollars ($220.00) in addition to any cost incurred in doing the work or causing it to be done. The administrative fee shall be subject to an annual adjustment after the first calendar year proportionate to any increases in the "CPI" (as defined below), with the adjusted fee to be obtained by multiplying the "base fee" (as defined below) by a number equal to one plus the quotient of the following formula:

CPI/2 - CPI/1
CPI/1

In applying the above formula for the administrative fee adjustment, the following definitions shall be used.

• Base fee shall mean the administrative fee assessed during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which adjustment is being computed.

• CPI shall mean the monthly indexes of the Consumer Price Index issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics or any successor agency of the United States that shall issue such indexes or data.

• CPI/1 shall mean the average of the monthly CPI for the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending sixty (60) days before the commencement of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the adjustment of charges is being computed.

• CPI/2 shall mean the average of the monthly CPI for the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending sixty (60) days before the commencement of the calendar year for which the adjustment of charges is being computed.

(Ord. No. 2000-020, § 3, 4-10-00; Ord. No. 2005-022, § 3, 5-23-05)