Glasgow Hearing and Order ordinance (§ 215.060)

A. The hearing on the nuisance alleged in the notice shall be conducted as follows:

1. The City Administrator, or Mayor, or the Mayor's delegate shall conduct the hearing, take evidence, and examine witnesses as the hearing officer, and shall declare whether a nuisance exists.

2. If, after the hearing, the hearing officer confirms that a nuisance exists, the hearing officer shall have authority to order that the owner abate the nuisance within five (5) days.

3. If the condition declared a nuisance is not abated within the five (5) days, the Mayor or other City employee or agent so delegated by the Mayor shall abate the nuisance and certify the costs of same to the City Clerk, who shall cause a special tax bill thereof against the property to be prepared and to be collected by the Collector with other taxes assessed against the

property. The tax bill shall, from the date of its issuance, be a first lien on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence of the recitals therein and of its validity and no mere clerical error or informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up to the issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the collector on or before the first day of June of each year. Such tax bills if not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.