(A) When any condition in violation of this subchapter is found to exist, the Enforcement Official or such persons as may be designated by the Town Manager, or the Town Manager, himself or herself, shall give notice to the owner of the premises to abate or remove such conditions within ten days. Such notice shall be in writing, shall include a description of the premises sufficient for identification and shall set forth the violation and state that, if the violation is not corrected within ten days, the town may proceed to correct the same as authorized by this section. The Town Police Chief may, in certain cases, declare a violation to be an extreme nuisance condition or public health risk and require no less than 24 hours for immediate abatement of the violation.
(B) Service of such notice shall be by any one of the following methods:
(1) By delivery to any owner personally or by leaving the notice at the usual place of abode of the owner with a person who is over the age of 16 years and a member of the family of the owner;
(2) By depositing the notice in the United States Post Office addressed to the owner at his or her last known address with postage prepaid thereon; or
(3) By posting and keeping posted, for ten days, a copy of the notice, in placard form, in a conspicuous place on the premises on which the violation exists, when notice cannot be served by the methods listed in divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) above.
(Ord. 12-1, passed 1-10-2012)