Any person from whose private property abandoned property or an inoperable motor vehicle is removed and stored pursuant to this article is liable to the city for the expenses incurred by it in the removing, towing, storing or disposing of the abandoned property or inoperable motor vehicle. In the event of the failure to pay such charges to the city if the abandoned property or inoperable motor vehicle is redeemed or if the disposition of the abandoned property or inoperable motor vehicle fails to generate sufficient funds to cover the costs of removing, towing, storage and disposition, the person from whose private property abandoned property or inoperable motor vehicle was removed shall pay to the city any costs incurred; if these costs are not paid to the city immediately upon redemption or within 60 days upon sale, they shall constitute a lien on the private property for the amount of the costs, which lien, upon proper recordation, may be foreclosed in such a manner as other items are foreclosed according to general law.

Secs. 34-189--34-205. Reserved.