If the landowner or his or her agent fails to remove the rank vegetation or otherwise abate the violation in accordance with the notice served under § 94.23, and within the time limit prescribed therein, the Town Council may cause the same to be removed or otherwise abated either by employees of the town or by a private contractor engaged for that purpose. The town employees or private contractor and his or her employees shall have a right to enter upon the affected property at any reasonable hour to carry out the removal or other abatement. In this case, the Clerk-Treasurer shall make a certified statement of the actual costs incurred by the town in the removal or abatement. The costs computed shall include an allowance for the costs of service or delivery both of the original notice provided for under § 94.23 and of the statement of costs provided under this section. The statement shall be tendered to the landowner or his or her proper representative by the Town Marshal or by registered mail, and the landowner shall have not more than ten days from the date of service of the statement within which to pay the amount to the Clerk-Treasurer. The statement shall include an expressed notice as to the deadline for payment.
(`86 Code, § 3-4-5) (Ord. 86-C4, passed 7-15-86)