If the owner of any real estate within the town, after notice as provided herein, fails to destroy the weeds or vegetation prohibited herein, the town may employ some person to cut down and destroy such weeds and remove any trash or rubbish which interferes with mowing or cutting. The expenses incurred with regard to weed cutting or mowing shall be a lien against such premises and may be entered upon the tax duplicated and collected as other taxes, or such lien may be foreclosed against the premises as in the case of mortgages. Expenses shall be incurred at a rate of $50 per hour per town employee, and the minimum expense charged to abate a nuisance under this subchapter shall be $100.
(Prior Code, § 75.06) (Ord. 7-2002, passed 8-26-2002; Ord. 7-2013, passed 8-26-2013)