(A) When substances of the nature set forth in § 92.18 are found upon property within the town, the Zoning Administrator shall immediately notify the owner of such property to remove such substance. Such notification shall be by registered or certified letter sent to the owner at his or her last known address. If after diligent inquiry no address can be found for such owner, the letter shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property.
(B) If the substances have not been removed from the property by the owner within ten days from the date the letter has been mailed, or the notice posted, the Zoning Administrator shall cause the removal by town forces or the town’s agent of such substances from such property forthwith.
(C) Where substances have been removed from property by the Zoning Administrator pursuant to the provisions of this section, the cost of such removal shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of the property and may be collected by the town as taxes and levies are collected. Every charge authorized by this section with which the owner and lienholder of any such property shall have been assessed and which remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property ranking on a priority with liens for unpaid local taxes and enforceable in the same manner as provided in VA Code §§ 58.1-3940 et seq. and 58.1-3965 et seq.
(1998 Code, § 30-35)