If the Town Manager, after consultation with the Town Marshal, should determine that as a result of inclement weather, accident or other emergent event or reason, a stretch of sidewalk has become dangerous to the public to the extent requiring immediate and emergent attention, the Town Manager may cause the employees of the town to do the following:
(A) Through either the use of yellow warning tape or other barricade, place sufficient warnings and guards so as to stop the public from entering upon the dangerous sidewalk;
(B) To notify the owner immediately of the existence of this subchapter and the safety issue existing upon their property, with a direction to repair and/or replace said sidewalk and to remove said safety issue and concern within a reasonable time, such time to be determined by the specific type of emergency and its danger to the public, but not to exceed ten calendar days;
(C) If, within said notice period, the owner has not taken steps and advised the Town Manager of said steps satisfactory to said Town Manager, the Town Manager shall cause the employees of the town, if the need should be determined appropriate, to enter upon the property and remove the emergency to the general public and cause said property to be placed in as safe a condition as possible. The Town Manager shall then cause notice of the costs incurred as a result of same, and said costs, in addition to any costs of collection and attorneys’ fees, shall become a debt due and owing by the owner of said property.
(D) If the owner of said property does not, within 30 calendar days, contact the Town Manager and make arrangements for the payment in full of said monies, said Town Manager is authorized to use any and all means possible to collect said sums, including placing a lien against the property so affected, and pursuing the collection of said lien and/or its foreclosure.
(2014 Code, § E1.1(10))