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Council approves tax lien to abate nuisance at 111 East Parsons Avenue after repeated enforcement attempts
Summary
The council authorized filing a tax lien against 111 East Parsons Avenue to recover city costs for mowing and nuisance abatement after staff said multiple contacts with property owners and banks failed to secure compliance.
The City Council adopted an ordinance June 23 authorizing staff to file a tax lien for nuisance abatement on the property at 111 East Parsons Avenue after the city performed mowing and weed removal that the owner failed to complete.
Barbara Carroll, director of community development, said the city uses an administrative hearing process to declare properties in violation and abate nuisances such as overgrown weeds and debris. She explained that mowing costs are recorded as a lien on the title; those liens typically remain until the property is sold because Johnson County tax collection does not collect these administrative liens as part of annual property taxes.
Carroll said staff had worked for one to two years to contact the property owner and the bank, and when prosecution or voluntary compliance was not possible the city proceeded with mowing in mid‑June. She said one additional mowing this season is possible if the property returns to violation; staff intends to time follow-up mowing late in the growth season to extend coverage into the next spring.
Council adopted the ordinance on second reading with roll-call approval. Carroll said the city uses its standing mowing contractor rates for abatement work and that removal of bagged material increased labor and disposal costs.
