(A) Notice to owners; ten days to abate nuisance. It shall be the duty of the County Inspector’s offices, the County Health Department or the County Sheriff’s Department to inspect from time to time the various lots or parcels of lots or parcels of real estate lying within the boundaries of the county and outside the corporate limits of any city or town, and if it is found that garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances are permitted to be deposited on, grown on or remain on such lots or parcel of lots or parcels of real estate, it shall be the duty of the officer to ascertain the names of the owners, occupants or lessees of said property and to notify such owners, occupants or lessees in writing that such garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances shall be removed or otherwise destroyed within ten days from the date of such notice. Notice shall be sent to the owner of record as the name and address appears on the tax statement from the Treasurer’s office of the county by certified mail, or notice may be hand delivered by the County Inspector, Health Department official or Sheriff’s deputy.
(B) Publication of notice. If any lot or parcel of lot or parcel of real estate is not occupied or leased, and the owner is a nonresident of the county or his or her residence is unknown, or if notice is returned by the postal department because of its inability to make delivery thereof, the County Commissioners shall cause a notice to remove the garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substance to be published in some daily newspaper of general circulation least once each week for two successive weeks.
(BC Ord. 2002-73, passed - -2002)