If any owner of property, having been notified by certified mail at the current address shown on the town tax card to abate such a public nuisance, fails, neglects or refuses to abate or remove the condition constituting the nuisance within 15 days from receipt of the order, the Town Council and/or its appointed Enforcement Officer, can cause the condition to be removed or otherwise abate the nuisance under the supervision of any officers or employees designated by the Town Council. Any owner who has been ordered to abate a public nuisance may within 15 days request the Town Council in writing to remove those condition, the cost of which shall be paid by the owner of the property. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere, harass, or otherwise impede a town employee who is carrying out or acting within the scope of his duties when conducting an investigation and when carrying out the enforcement of this chapter after a notice of violation has been issued, and the time for compliance has expired.
(Ord. 502, passed 2-9-76; Am. Ord. passed 2-11- 80; Am. Ord. passed 3-8-93)