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(g) Costs. <br />(1) Any and all expenses or costs incurred under this sec- <br />tion for the removal, repair, alteration, securing or <br />boarding of a public nuisance structure or for abating <br />any other nuisance identified under this section shall <br />be paid by the owner of such building or structure, <br />except when such expenses or costs are incurred with <br />respect to a government or school building owned by <br />a governmental entity or political subdivision and are <br />funded by federal money. <br />(2) Whenever an inspection is made after the compliance <br />date stated on a Commissioner's notice issued under <br />this section, or after a compliance date established by <br />a court of competent jurisdictioh, which inspection is <br />made to determine whether the violation has been <br />remedied and the violation has not been remedied, or <br />whenever an additional permit is obtained for work <br />previously permitted and the original permit has ex- <br />pired or was appropriately voided, a fee of one hun- <br />dred dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for each in- <br />spection, except that this fee shall not apply to own- <br />er-occupied one- and two-family dwelling structures. <br />(3) If within thirty (30) days from the date the Commis- <br />sioner sends a statement of charges and costs in- <br />curred hereunder, the owner fails to pay for the costs <br />of removal, repair, alteration, securing or boarding or <br />of inspections of violations that have not been reme- <br />died, the Commissioner may certify the amount to the <br />City, including collection agency fees. The City may <br />make written return to the County Auditor of the ac- <br />tion under this section with a statement of the <br />charges for services, the amount paid for the per- <br />forming of labor and a proper description of the <br />premises. Certification to the County Auditor is for the <br />purpose of making expenses and. costs a lien upon <br />the lands, to be collected as other taxes and returned <br />to the City of Lakewood. <br />(4) Notwithstanding the method of collection set forth in this <br />subsection, the Director of Law may take any ac <br />