(A) Owners or occupants required to keep premises clean. Every person owning or occupying any premises in the corporate limits shall keep the premises free from noxious weeds, trash and all other forms of animal or vegetable refuse which may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health, or which may constitute a public nuisance. No owner or occupant of any premises shall bury therein any animal or vegetable matter which, upon decaying, may become dangerous or prejudicial to the public health, or may constitute a nuisance.
(B) Notice of violation; abatement.
(1) If any person shall violate division (A) above, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or the Sanitary Inspector or his or her associates to give notice to the owner or person in possession of the premises that within 15 days or sooner from the date of that notice, all weeds, trash and other offensive animal or vegetable matter, be removed from that lot.
(2) Should any owner or occupant fail to comply with this notice, the Chief of Police or Sanitary Inspector shall proceed to have the matter removed, and the owner or occupant shall be responsible to the town for the cost thereof.
(Prior Code, § 91.16) Penalty, see § 10.99