The Town Manager shall prepare and file with the Clerk-Treasurer the names of all persons from whose lots weeds and grasses were cut by the town giving the legal description of the lot and the names of the owners as they appear on the tax duplicate. The cost and/or penalty against such property shall be certified to the Auditor and Treasurer of the county and placed on the tax duplicates of the county and shall be collected as other taxes are collected and shall remain a lien against the property of such owners until the penalty is paid. After the payment of the second installment of taxes has been made and after the Treasurer of the county has completed their audit and accounting of such taxes and not later than November 30 of any year, the Treasurer of the county shall account and pay to the Clerk-Treasurer all such taxes so received and paid, which penalty shall be credited to the assessment against such owners as they appear on the records in the Clerk-Treasurer's Office. The town shall also retain the right to sue property owners found in violation of this chapter for recovery of expenses if the town so chooses.
(Ord. 07-014, passed 11-13-2007; Ord. 2015-013, passed 7-14-2015)