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RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA ten calendar days after service, it shall be deemed final. (Ord. 6844 § 9, 2006; Ord. 6724 § 8, 2004; Ord. 6515 § 3, 2000) Section 6.15.042 Recovery of attorneys' fees and report of attorneys' fees. In any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding to abate a nuisance, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recovery of attorneys' fees. The recovery of attorneys' fees by the prevailing party shall be limited to those individual actions or proceedings in which the City elects, at the initiation of that individual action or proceeding, to seek recovery of its own attorneys' fees. In no action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding shall an award of attorneys' fees to a prevailing party exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the City in the action or proceeding. The City Attorney's Office shall thereafter cause a report of the action and an accurate account of costs to be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Riverside. (Ord. 6515 § 3, 2000) Section 6.15.043 Treble damages. Upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an owner of property is responsible for a condition that may be abated in accordance with this ordinance, except for conditions abated pursuant to Section 17980 of the Health and Safety Code, related to substandard buildings, the court may order the owner to pay treble the costs of the abatement. (Ord. 6515 § 3, 2000) Section 6.15.045 Protest of abatement costs. A. The property owner may protest the cost of abatement by filing a written request for a hearing on the abatement costs with the Code Enforcement Manager, and the Code Enforcement Manager shall cause a Hearing Officer to be appointed to hear the protest. At the time fixed for the hearing on the statement of abatement costs, the Hearing Officer shall consider the statement and protests or objections raised by the person liable to be assessed for the cost of the abatement. B. The Hearing Officer may revise, correct or modify the statement as the Hearing Officer considers just and thereafter shall confirm the cost. C. The decision of the Hearing Officer shall be in writing and shall be served by mail. The decision of the Hearing Officer on the abatement costs shall be final. D. Any appeal of the Hearing Officer's decision shall be governed by California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 or such section as may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 6844 § 10, 2006; Ord. 6724 § 9, 2004; Ord. 6515 § 4, 2000; Ord. 5910 § 1, 1991) Section 6.15.050 Council action. A. If the property owner does not pay the cost of abating the nuisance within thirty calendar days after the cost becomes final or the hearing officer confirms the costs of abatement, the cost shall become a special assessment against the real property upon which the nuisance was abated. The assessment shall continue until it is paid, together with interest at the legal maximum rate computed from the date of confirmation of the statement until payment. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. B. The City Council shall adopt a resolution assessing such unpaid costs of abatement as liens upon the respective parcels of land as they are shown upon the last available assessment roll. (Ord. 6724 § 10, 2004; Ord. 6515 § 5, 2000; Ord. 5910 § 1, 1991) Section 6.15.055 Imposition of special assessment lien and notice. A. The City Clerk shall prepare and file with the County Auditor a certified copy of the