Building contractors, excavators and other persons who in the course of their respective businesses cause debris or refuse of any kind to accumulate upon any street or at any other place within the Town shall remove and dispose of such debris or refuse within forty-eight hours of notification by the Town or, as directed by the Mayor, before it becomes a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare, and at the completion of each project shall remove all such debris and refuse and dispose thereof in a sanitary and lawful manner; provided, that when debris or refuse accumulates on any lot so as to become a nuisance and is not subject to removal by any contractor or other person as above provided, the Town, after notice to the property owner to do so and his failure to comply within a reasonable time, may collect and dispose of such debris and refuse and the cost of such collection and disposal shall become a charge against the owner of such lot and shall be collectable in any manner provided by law.
(Ord. 96-07. Passed 12-5-96.)