Within seven days after any nuisance is removed from any real estate within the town by the Superintendent of the Street Department, the Town Manager shall prepare and file with the Clerk-Treasurer the name of the owner and the real estate from which such nuisance was removed by the town, giving a legal description of the real estate and the name of the owner as it appears on the county tax duplicates and the cost or penalty against the property for removal of the nuisance, all of which shall be certified by the Clerk-Treasurer to the Auditor and Treasurer of the county and by them placed on the tax duplicates of the county and collected as other taxes are collected. Such costs and penalties shall remain a lien against the real estate of such owner until they are paid. 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. 2015-013, passed 7-14-2015)