(a) No person being the owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street or public thoroughfare in the Municipality shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair, maintain and keep free from nuisance and obstruction the sidewalks abutting and adjoining his lot or land after due notice of a resolution of Council ordering repair of such sidewalk, the removal of such obstruction or the abatement of such nuisance.
(b) If the owner or person having charge of the lot or land fails to comply with such notice by repairing the sidewalk or abating the nuisance, Council shall, after forty-five days after the receipt of notice by the owner or person having charge of the land, cause the sidewalks to be repaired or the nuisance to be abated. All expenses and labor costs incurred by the Municipality shall be paid out of Municipal funds not otherwise appropriated when approved by Council.
(c) Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of the action with a statement of the charges for services together with a proper description of the premises. Such amounts shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and shall be a lien upon the lands from and after the date of entry and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the Municipality and placed in the general fund.
(Ord. 30-73. Passed 9-4-73.)