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§ 91.39 SERVICE OF NOTICE.
   (A)   Except for the notice to destroy weeds, which shall be deemed to be completed to all property owners upon the second publication thereof, any notice required to be given shall be served personally upon the owner of the property if said owner can be found within the town. If the owner cannot be found within the town, the notice shall be mailed to the owner by certified mail with return receipt requested at the address shown for the owner on the last completed assessment roll of the County Assessor.
   (B)   Service of notice shall be complete on the day such notice is deposited in the post office at the town.
(Prior Code, § 7.06.050)
§ 91.40 FORCED COMPLIANCE; ASSESSMENT.
   The owner must take appropriate steps to bring such property into compliance with the provisions of this subchapter pursuant to the notice within ten days after service of such notice. If the notice shall not be obeyed within the time specified, the Chief of Police shall cause such work to be done and make report thereof to the Clerk with an itemized account of the expenses incurred in bringing such property into compliance and a description of the land involved and shall include in such account the necessary costs involved and shall include in such account the necessary costs and expenses of chemicals, man hour or labor and equipment employed. All labor shall be charged at the rate of $20 per hour. The Clerk shall promptly send a statement of such account requesting payment to the owner of the property. If such statement is not paid prior to the time that the town tax assessments are submitted to the County Treasurer’s office, the Clerk shall place such account as a special assessment on the property and such special assessment shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other special assessments by the town.
(Prior Code, § 7.06.060)
§ 91.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
   (B)   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 91.01 through 91.04 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 7.08.030)
   (C)   Violations of §§ 91.15 through 91.22 of this chapter are considered a municipal infraction under M.C.A. § 7-1-4150 and shall be punishable by a fine of $100 for each day, including and after the date the notice of violation was provided, in which the owner shall fail to comply with §§ 91.15 through 91.22 of this chapter. Each day the owner fails to comply with §§ 91.15 through 91.22 of this chapter shall be deemed as a separate offense, not to exceed $500 for each repeat violation, pursuant to M.C.A. § 7-1-4150.
   (D)   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 91.35 through 91.40 of this chapter or refuses to comply with any notice given pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day a property is not in compliance with the provisions of §§ 91.35 through 91.40 of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.
(Prior Code, § 7.06.070)
(Ord. 344, passed - -2021; Ord. 347, passed 9-14-2022)