§ 159-4. Removal by Borough; charges.

Whenever the owner or tenant of lands within the Borough, receiving the heretofore provided for notice to remove from such lands the substances heretofore indicated, shall fail or neglect, within the time prescribed in the notice, to remove the substances, such removal shall be accomplished by or under the direction of the Director of Public Works. An accurate record of the cost of such removal to the Borough shall be determined by the Director of Public Works, who shall certify the cost thereof to the Borough Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the land. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.