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in documenting the violation; towing/hauling; storage and removal/disposal expenses; and actual expenses and costs of the City in preparing notices, specifications and contracts associated with the abatement; and in accomplishing and/or contracting outside contractors and inspecting the work; and the costs of any required printing and mailing. All such costs and expenses shall constitute a lien against the subject property. The Property Owner(s) shall be jointly and severally liable for all such costs and expenses incurred by the City in abating the nuisance of the subject property. E. Lien. The City shall have a lien for costs and expenses of any abatement proceedings under this Section or for any abatement work that was performed. The lien shall run with the land and shall be of equal rank with state, county, district and municipal taxes, and superior in dignity to all other liens, titles, encumbrances and claims until paid. The claim of lien shall contain sufficient information regarding the abatement action, as determined by the City's Code Enforcement Department, a description of the subject property to be charged with the lien and the owner of record, and the total amount of the lien. Any such claim of lien shall be verified by the City's Code Enforcement Department and may be amended to reflect changed conditions. The lien shall be filed and foreclosed on, if necessary, in the manner outlined in Section 14-13 of the City Code. Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clause, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part. Section 4. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the Commission, and it is hereby ordained, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; and that the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "ordinance" shall be changed to "section" or other appropriate word, as required. Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective ten (10) days after adoption on second reading. Page 3 of 4