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(A) In the event any building or premises shall become a nuisance as herein provided, the Town Council shall notify the owner of such real estate of the existence of a nuisance on the real estate, and shall further notify the owner that the owner must take steps to abate the nuisance within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice, and that, if the owner fails to do so, said Town Board shall itself abate the nuisance within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice and hold a lien against the real estate for the cost involved.
(B) Such notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address appearing on the tax duplicates for said real estate. In the event the owner is not at said address and the postal authorities are not appraised of a new address, the Town Council shall take reasonable measures to give notice to the owner.
(1991 Draft Code, § 6-61) (Ord. 4-83, passed 7-25-1983)
The owner of any real estate on which is situated a nuisance may abate the same by entering into a contract for the repair or alteration of any existing structure which has been unoccupied because of damage or by entering into contracts for the demolition of any existing building and its replacement with a new building or for the landscaping of the premises in a manner which will remove any hazard to the safety of pedestrians and motorists and which will remove all physical blight from the premises.
(1991 Draft Code, § 6-62) (Ord. 4-83, passed 7-25-1983)
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