In order to better carry out the provisions of this chapter, any official authorized by the town or state law, may serve a notice in writing upon the owner, occupant or agent of any lot, building or premises in or about which any nuisance may be found or upon him who may be the cause of such nuisance requiring him to abate the same in such a manner as the town officer directs and within a reasonable time to be fixed in the notice. Failure to give a notice as provided herein shall not relieve the author of any nuisance from the obligation to abate such nuisance or from the penalty resulting from the violation of this chapter as the result of the creation or maintenance of such nuisance. (1976 Code § 9-2-3; amd. 2016 Code)