(a) Any person whose act, neglect, or omission causes or permits a condition to exist or continue upon any street, sidewalk, greenway, or bicycle path, or other way, or in any storm drain, which condition requires special cleaning or repair shall, upon receipt of written notice from the town, perform such special cleaning and repair upon and to such street, sidewalk or storm drain.
(b) Upon failure of the person responsible to perform special cleaning and repair after notice, the director of public works may cause the same to be performed by his department, and in such event shall keep records of the costs of such work, which may be computed on the basis of reasonably established per-mile, or per-hour, or both costs of the use of equipment, plus labor and materials, including water, likewise computed at cost to the town.
(c) Whenever any building or structure or part thereof is being demolished, constructed, reconstructed, altered or repaired in a manner as to violate subsection (a) above and to create a hazardous condition, the appropriate town official may order the specific part of such work which is creating the violation to be immediately stopped. The order to stop shall be in writing to the person whose act, neglect or omission causes or permits a condition to exist or continue, and should state the specific work to be stopped, the specific reasons thereof, and the conditions under which the work may be resumed. Violation of a stop order shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Code 1976, § 14-35; Code 1982, § 17-63; Ord. No. 80-5, § 1, 2-28-1980; Ord. No. 87-106, § 7, 12-10-1987)