Delete the provisions of this section and replace as follows:

(a) The responsibility for payment of the charges for abatements as set forth in this chapter shall rest upon the owners of the property upon which the abatement occurred, to include the owners at the time of occurrence of the condition rendering the property subject to these abatement proceedings and the owners at the time of the actual abatement proceedings.

(b) The city shall have the right to bring suit for the collection of charges for abatement as set forth in this chapter plus costs and attorney’s fees against all the parties responsible for payment, jointly and severally.

(c) In addition, the city shall have the right to impose an assessment against the property for the repayment of the abatement charges. If the city proceeds with an assessment, it shall confirm the assessment, cause the same to be recorded on the assessment roll, and thereafter said assessment shall constitute a special assessment and a lien upon the property.

(d) The lien created herein may be enforced as provided in AS 34.35.005 to AS 34.35.045. The enforcement of the lien is a cumulative remedy and does not bar the collection of the charges for abatement as provided in subsection (b) above.