(a) No person, whether as owner, lessee, agent, tenant or any other person having charge or care of land in the Village, shall permit the accumulation of debris including but not limited to all tin cans, bottles, trash, junk vehicles and other unclean and unsightly matter and debris.
(b) The Zoning Inspector shall cause a notice ordering persons to clean thoroughly for all lands, yards, vaults, cesspools, sheds and barns, and to cause all tin cans, bottles, trash, junk vehicles and other unclean and unsightly matter and debris to be removed there from. Additionally, the Zoning Inspector, in a reasonable manner, shall notify at such other times as may be necessary any person, property owner, firm or tenant who allows or has permitted the accumulation of or the existence of the above described conditions that such person or firm shall cause the removal or cleaning up of such condition within a period not less than seven days from the receipt of the notice herein.
(c) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the Village, whether the same be improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five (5) days' written or oral notice to do so, shall clean thoroughly for all lands, yards, vaults, cesspools, sheds and barns, and to cause all tin cans, bottles, trash, junk vehicles and other unclean and unsightly matter and debris.
(d) If the owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land does not clean thoroughly for all lands, yards, vaults, cesspools, sheds and barns, and to cause all tin cans, bottles, trash, junk vehicles and other unclean and unsightly matter and debris, the Village Manager is authorized to cause to be cleaned.
(e) When any property is cleaned thoroughly by the Village, as provided herein, then after such work is performed, the Village shall give five (5) days' notice by regular mail to the owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of such lot or parcel of land, at his known address, to pay the cost of such cleaning the property, which notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost incurred. If the same is not paid within thirty (30) days after the mailing of the notice, such amount may be certified to the County Auditor for collection as other taxes and assessments are collected or the Village may seek recovery of such costs by civil action against the property owner involved.
(f) When it is deemed necessary to clean thoroughly for all lands, yards, vaults, cesspools, sheds and barns, and to cause all tin cans, bottles, trash, junk vehicles and other unclean and unsightly matter and debris on private property, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the owner shall be charged at the rate of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per hour or portion thereof, or the actual cost of work, whichever is larger. The minimum charge shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). (Ord. 10-11. Passed 6-21-11.)