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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTERS FIVE, FOURTEEN AND THIRTY OF THE 49 CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE (1990), AS AMENDEDTO UPDATE PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF CERTAIN TAXES Be it ordained by the Charlottesville City Council, THAT. 1. Chapter 5 (Buildings and Building Regulations), Article I (In General) and Article V (Blighted Property), Division 2 (Vacant, Abandoned and Unsafe Structures and Property) is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 5-4. Abatement by city; assessment of costs. (a).... (b)Except as provided in §5-163(g) of this chapter, amounts in excess of $200 which have been assessed and billed to a property owner and which remain unpaid for thirty (30) days shall constitute a lien against such property ranking on a priority with liens for unpaid local taxes and enforceable in the same manner as provided in Articles 3 (§ 58.1-3940 et seq.) and 4 (§ 58.1- 3895 et seq.) of Chapter 39, Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended. The city may waive such liens in order to facilitate a sale of such property; however, such liens may be waived only as to a purchaser who is unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner and who has no business association with the owner. All such liens shall remain a personal obligation of the owner of the property at the time the liens were imposed. . Z5-163. Unsafe structures. (a).... (g)In the event the city removes, repairs, or secures any unsafe structure, then all of the costs or expenses incurred by the city shall be assessed and billed to and paid by the owner of the property, and the building maintenance official shall prepare an affidavit certifying the costs and expenses incurred by the city. If the charges billed to the property owner remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days, such charges shall constitute a lien against such property enforceable in the same manner as provided by section 5-4 of the City Code. 2, Chapter 14 (Licenses) is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 14-2. Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:.... 3Bondsman: any person who, for compensation enters into any bond or bonds for others whether as a principal or surety, including any persons engaged in activities as a bail bondsman 'Va. Code §15.2-1115 z Amendment results from Va. Code § 15.2-906, distinguishes collection of amounts for abating unsafe structures from abatement of other nuisances pursuant to § 15.2-1115. Va. Code §58.1-3724 Page Iof14