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Architectural Review regarding the Director's proposed plan for repair or other disposition of the •property. (b)T he planning commission shall report its findings and recommendations concerning the repair or other disposition of the blighted property to the city council. Sec. 5-196 City Council hearing. Upon receipt of findings and recommendations from the planning commission, the city council may, after an advertised public hearing, affirm, modify or reject the planning commission's findings and recommendations. If the repair or other disposition of the property is approved, the city may carry out the anoroved plan in accordance with the approved Dlan and applicable law. • Sec. 5-197. Recovery of Costs. The city shall have a lien on all property repaired or acquired under an approved plan, to cover the cost of improvements made by the city to bring the blighted property into compliance with applicable building codes and the cost of disposal, if any. The Director shall prepare an affidavit certifying the amount of such costs. The lien shall be filed in the Circuit Court and shall be subordinate to any prior liens of record. The city may recover its costs of repair from the owner of record of the property when the repairs were made, at such time as the property is sold or disposed of by such owner. If the property is acquired by the city through eminent domain, the cost of repair may be recovered when the city council sells or sale of the property. Sec. 5-198. Alternate Remedies Available to (a) In lieu of the acquisition of a blighted property by the exercise of the city's powers of eminent domain, and in lieu of the exercise of other powers listed in this division, the city council may, by ordinance, make findings that a property constitutes a blighted property, as defined within city code section 5-192, declare such blighted oropertv a nuisance and thereupon abate the nuisance. Such ordinance shall be adopted only after written notice by certified mail to the owner(s) of the vertv, at the last known address of such owner(s) as shown on the current real estate tax assessmf corrective action is not taken by the property owner of the date(s) on considered by Council, and a copy of the proposed ordinance shall b sent by certified mail to ient evidence of mailing (c) The abatement process shall be as follows: (1) If the property owner fails to abate the blight prior to the date on which an ordinance is adonted by Council. the Director shall give a final notice to the owner and shall also send a to to I action the city deems appy structure so as to abate the removal of building or st shall give the owner and ai )Ider(s) of record. A copy of the ordinance adopted by Council )tice. The final notice shall state that, no fewer than fifteen (15) the city will commence to abate the blight, taking any corrective tte, including, without limitation, removal of the building or other ht on the property. In the event the Director determines that a at to 22