Violations of the requirements of this section shall be addressed through the town's duly authorized representative as follows:
(A) When a public nuisance is found to exist, the town's representative shall notify the property's owner to abate the nuisance according to applicable law.
(B) The written notice to abate shall be served upon an owner by personal service, by certified mail, or by a "notice" placard conspicuously posted on the property with a copy of the notice being sent by regular first class United States mail, postage prepaid, granting a minimum of five calendar days to abate the nuisance. That notice shall state the nature of the nuisance and the penalty for neglect or refusal to abate the nuisance. That notice shall also contain the address and the telephone number of the town, and a notification that if the nuisance is not abated within ten calendar days of that notice, the town may abate the nuisance and seek recovery for its costs of doing so.
(C) Within five calendar days of delivery of a notice to abate, the owner may notify the town is writing of any specific objection to that notice. No further abatement action shall be pursued until such action is directed by the Town Council.
(D) If after the expiration of those five days the public nuisance continues unabated, and either no objection has been made or an objection has been made and considered by the Council and the Council has overruled the objection, further action shall be taken to abate that nuisance with this section and applicable law.
(Ord. 2017-9, passed 8-21-2017; Am. Ord. 2024-7, passed 5-20-2024)