(a) Violations of the provisions of this chapter constitute a detriment, danger and hazard to the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the town and are found, deemed and declared to be public nuisances wherever the same may exist and the creation, maintenance, or failure to abate any nuisances is hereby declared unlawful. In case of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the town manager or designee shall provide written notice, hereafter referred to as a correction notice, to the owner and any person in possession of the subject property naming the address of the property in violation, the specific violation, and time period in which the violation shall be abated.
(b) Should any owner or occupant fail or refuse to abate the violation within the time period specified in the correction notice, the manager may proceed to abate the violation without additional notice and the cost thereof shall be charged against the subject property. The manager shall prepare a statement showing the actual costs of the abatement of the unlawful condition plus an additional fee of ten percent of the total cleanup costs with a minimum of $100.00 to cover the cost of notice and costs of collection. The town shall thereupon mail to the owner of the subject property a bill covering the cost, if with reasonable diligence the name and address of such owner can be ascertained, and the amount of the bill shall become a lien upon the property, and if not paid within 30 days shall be collected as in the manner provided for the collection of delinquent taxes. Nothing contained herein shall limit the authority of the town to summarily abate public health nuisances.
(Ord. No. 05-003, 2-24-2005; Ord. No. 2019-Code-04, 10-10-2019)