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Board authorizes liens for 307 overgrown-lawn cases totaling $136,873
Summary
The Board of Business and Neighborhood Services approved a lien certification covering 307 high-weeds and grass abatement cases with $136,873 owed; staff said liens follow the department's abatement and billing process under the revised code.
The Board of Business and Neighborhood Services voted Aug. 27 to authorize the director to place liens on properties for unpaid high-weeds and grass abatement costs.
Carly, a BNS staff member, presented the lien certification and said, "This high weeds and grass lien certification represents 307 mowing cases with a total amount owed of $136,873." The board moved, seconded and approved the measure by voice vote.
Why it matters: staff said the lien certification is intended to recover abatement costs the city incurred when property owners did not correct violations. Carly told the board the department follows the revised-code process for inspection, abatement and enforcement and that liens are placed only after costs remain unpaid. The action was listed in staff materials as resolution "2026 c10 030." The board did not take separate roll-call votes on individual names in the transcript; outcome was approved by voice.
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