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amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00), shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of
property and may be collected as real estate taxes and levies are collected.
Every charge authorized by this section or by 搂15.2-900 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as
amended, with which the owner of any such property has been assessed and that remains
unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid
local taxes and enforceable in the same manner as provided in Articles 3 (搂58.1-3940 et seq.)
and 4 (搂58.1-3965 et seq.) of Chapter 39 of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as
amended. The city may waive such liens in order to facilitate the sale of the property. Such
liens may be waived only as to a purchaser who is unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner
and who has no business association with the owner. All such liens shall remain a personal
obligation of the owner of the property at the time the liens were imposed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the written consent of the property owner, the city may,
through its agents or employees, demolish or remove a derelict nonresidential building or
structure provided that such building or structure is neither located within or determined to
be a contributing property within a state or local historic district nor individually designated
in the Virginia Landmarks Register. The property owner鈥檚 written consent shall identify
whether the property is subject to a first lien evidenced by a recorded deed of trust or mortgage
and, if so, shall document the property owner鈥檚 best reasonable efforts to obtain the consent
of the first lienholder or the first lienholder鈥檚 agent. The costs of such demolition or removal
shall constitute a lien against such property. In the even the consent of the first lienholder or
the first lienholder鈥檚 authorized agent is obtained, such lien shall rank on parity with liens for
unpaid local taxes and be enforceable in the same manner as provided in subsection (d) hereof.
In the event the consent of the first lienholder or the first lienholder鈥檚 agent is not obtained,
such lien shall be subordinate to that first lien but shall otherwise be subject to subsection (d).
Any owner who, after issuance of a notice pursuant to subsection (b) hereof, fails to remove,
repair, or secure the building, wall, or other structure determined by the director to constitute
a danger to the public health or safety of other residents of the city, may be subject to a civil
penalty not to exceed $1,000 for the failure to remove, repair, or secure said building, wall,
or other structure.
2. That this Ordinance shall be in effect on and after the date of its adoption, August 12,
2025.
| PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS ON AUGUST 12, 2025
Mabel Washington Jenkins, MMC Phillip Jones
City Clerk Mayor
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