(A) Whenever the village, in its sole discretion, determines that any of the public nuisances defined in § 91.01 herein exists, it may cause an abatement of said public nuisance and cause the cost of the abatement to be charged and collected in the manner provided herein.
(B) When the village determines that a public nuisance exists under § 91.01 which should be abated, it shall cause a written notice of abatement to be served upon the owner of the real estate, setting forth the nature of the public nuisance, the village’s estimate of the cost of abating the same if done by the village, a reasonable time determined by the village of not less that ten nor more than 30 days in which the owner shall abate the public nuisance, and the statement that, unless the public nuisance is abated within the stated time, it shall be abated by the village and the cost of the abatement assessed on the real estate on which the public nuisance is located.
(C) The notice of abatement may be served by delivering it personally to an owner or co-owner, or leaving it at the owner or co-owner’s usual place of business or residence, or by posting it in a conspicuous space on such real estate, or by mailing it to the owner or co-owner at his or her last known address, or by publishing it once in a newspaper of general circulation within the village if it cannot be served in any of the other ways mentioned above.
(D) If the public nuisance is not abated within the required time, the village shall cause its abatement and shall report the cost thereof to Village Council, which may assess the same, together with interest, costs, and attorney’s fees, upon the real estate upon which the public nuisance existed.
(Ord. 1997-2, passed 3-17-1997)