(A) Any person to whom any notice to remove is directed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any other interested party or any duly authorized agent thereof may file a written request for a hearing before the Town Board of Trustees within the 30-day compliance period for the purpose of contesting the town’s demand for removal. The Town Board of Trustees or designee shall constitute a hearing to hear the request.
(B) The hearing shall be held as soon as practicable but not earlier than five days after receipt of the request and not later than 15 days after such receipt. Notice of time and place of the hearing shall be directed to the person making the request. At any such hearing, the town and the person to whom notice has been directed may introduce witnesses and evidence.
(C) Persons to whom the notice to remove has not been remedied within the 30-day period of compliance or in the event that a notice requesting a hearing is timely filled, a hearing had, and the existence of the violation is affirmed by the Mayor or his or her designee, the Town Board shall institute and prosecute additional charges on a daily basis for failure to abate the nuisance, and the town shall, in the discretion of the Mayor or his or her designee, take possession of the junk vehicle and remove it from the premises.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or hinder anyone whom the town or the Mayor or his or her designee authorized to enter upon private property for the purpose of removing a vehicle under the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 15-76) Penalty, see § 94.99