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r tive weeks; the determination of said governing body being subject to appeal by the property owner in the Chancery Court; and the amount so determined at said hearing, plus ten percentum (10%) penalty for collection, shall be by the gov- erning body of the municipality certified to the tax collector of the county wherein said municipality is located, and by him placed on the tax books as de- linquent taxes, and collected accordingly, and the amount, less three percentum (3%) thereof, when so collected shall be paid to the municipality by the county ) tax collector. 1 Section 9. In the event it is deemed advisable by the City Council that a particular house, building and/or structure be judicially declared to be a nuisance by a Court having jurisdiction of such matters, the City Council is hereby authorized to employ an attorney to bring such an action for said pur- pose in the name of the City, and the only notice to be given to the owner or owners of any such house, building and/or structure sought to be judicially • declared to be a nuisance will be that as now provided for by law in such cases in a court of equity or Chancery Court. When any such house, building and/or structure has been declared judicially to be a nuisance by a Court of competent jurisdiction a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) is hereby imposed against the owner or owners thereof from the date said finding is made by the Court and for each day thereafter said nuisance be not abated constitutes a separate off- ense. In the event the owner or owners of any such house, building and/or structure judicially found to be a nuisance fails or refuses to abide by the orders of the Court, the Building Inspector or other person or persons referred to in Section 5 of this ordinance will take such action as provided in Section 6 hereof, and Section 7 of this ordinance will be applicable to such owner or owners. The provisions contained in the immediately preceding sentence apply independently of any action as may be taken by the Court judicially declaring the nuisance. Section 10. If, for any reason, any portion of this ordinance be held to be invalid; such invalidity shall in no way affect the remaining portions thereof which are valid, but such valid portions shall be and remain in full force and effect. I Section 11. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. / PASSED and APPROVED this l day of CPT-C/rlGC 1990. I