(A) (1) Whenever owners of real property adjoining any public way or other public place in the town fail to abate and remove items or objects placed thereon, then the town shall remove the items to a location of its selection. The expenses therefore to be billed to the owners, jointly and severally, the bill to be recoverable in a suit at law.
(2) In the event a suit is necessary to recover the costs of removal of items or objects the town shall recover all costs of litigation including reasonable attorney fees.
(B) (1) When any items or objects have been removed by the town and placed in storage by the town, as provided for herein, the items and objects shall be sold by the town after the lapse of two days.
(2) If the proceeds for the sale are insufficient to pay the cost of abatement, the owners, occupants or persons responsible for placing the items or objects upon any public way or other public place or removal of the items or objects shall be liable to the town for the balance of the costs, also to be recoverable in a suit at law, including cost of litigation and reasonable attorney fees.
(3) Any litter of items or objects upon any public way or other public place in the town shall be considered abandoned and the town by its duly authorized representative shall have the option to declare and consider items and objects left upon any public way or other public place as valueless and abandoned and can be disposed.
(Ord. 11-1991, passed 8-27-91)