(A) If the landowner fails to remove the weeds or other rank vegetation within the time prescribed in § 93.31, as determined by the Town Marshal or the Town Marshal’s designee, the town may remove the weeds or other rank vegetation using its own employees or by hiring a private contractor for said removal. If the town exercises its right to remove said weeds or other rank vegetation, the Clerk-Treasurer shall make a certified statement of the actual cost incurred by the town in the removal and deliver said statement, along with a demand for payment, to the landowner to the landowner’s last known address by regular U.S. first-class mail. The landowner shall pay the amount demanded in the Clerk-Treasurer’s certified statement within ten days of the date of the notice mailed to the landowner.
(B) For purposes of calculating the costs incurred by the town to remove a landowner’s weeds or other rank vegetation using its own employees, the town shall be entitled to recover from the landowner $75 per man hour with a minimum fee of $75. The town shall also be entitled to recover any equipment rental costs, fuel costs, and any other reasonable costs incurred as a result of removing a landowner’s weeds or other rank vegetation.
(C) If the landowner fails to pay the amount demanded in the Clerk-Treasurer’s certified statement within the time prescribed herein, the Clerk-Treasurer shall cause to be filed in the office of the Auditor for the county a certified copy of the Clerk-Treasurer’s statement of costs and same shall become a lien upon the real estate located within the town until said amount is paid in full. The Auditor shall place the amount claimed on a tax duplicate for the real estate affected and said amount shall be collected as taxes are collected and shall be disbursed to the town’s General Fund.
(Ord. 2-2012, passed 5-29-2012)