A.     If any landowner or occupant fails or refuses to comply with the Notice and Order issued in accordance with Section 8.20.060, or with the plan developed by the arbitration panel, within ten (10) days from the date of the Notice and Order issued in accordance with Section 8.20.060 or within ten (10) days of the effective date of the arbitration panel's final decision resulting from a hearing in accordance with Section 8.20.070, the board shall have the authority to order the County Weed Coordinator to eradicate or manage such noxious weeds, either by and through County forces, contract, or otherwise. If the owner fails to pay the costs of such eradication or management within thirty (30) days of the County billing for such eradication or management, the whole costs thereof, including five (5) percent for inspection and incidental costs in connection therewith, shall be assessed upon the property from which such noxious weeds have been eradicated or on which such noxious weeds are being managed. Any assessment pursuant to this subsection shall be a lien against such property until paid and shall have priority over all other liens except general taxes and prior special assessments.

B.   In case the assessment prescribed above in subsection (A) is not paid within ninety (90) days from the date of billing for such eradication or management of such noxious weeds by Pueblo County, such assessment may be certified by the Clerk and Recorder to the Treasurer, who shall collect such assessment, together with a ten (10) percent penalty for the cost of collection, in the same manner as other taxes are collected. The laws of the State of Colorado for assessment and collection of general taxes, including the laws for the sale and redemption of property for taxes, shall govern and apply to the collection of assessments pursuant to this subsection.

C.     The County shall not assess the cost of providing for or compelling the management of noxious weeds on private property until the level of management called for in the Notice and Order issued pursuant to Section 8.20.060, or the management plan developed by the arbitration panel has been successfully achieved. (Ord. 15 § 8)