(a) The enforcing officer is hereby authorized to order and direct owners, agents and/or tenants to remove an accumulation of weeds, vegetation, lumber, junk, dead organic material, debris, garbage, offal, rat harborage, stagnant water, combustible materials, abandoned or inoperable motor vehicles or conditions which constitute fire, health or safety hazards.
(b) In the event that the owner, agent, landlord or tenant fails to comply with such order, the enforcing officer may order the removal of any such accumulation and shall certify the cost and expense of removal to the County Auditor and such cost and expense shall become a tax lien upon the real estate.
(Ord. 26-95. Passed 9-25-95.)