(A) Owners or occupants of premises required to keep the same clean. Every person owning or occupying any premises in the corporate limits shall keep the premises free from noxious weeds, trash and all other forms of animal or vegetable refuse which may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health, or which may constitute a public nuisance. No owner or occupant of any premises shall bury therein any animal or vegetable matter which upon decaying may become dangerous or prejudicial to the public health or may constitute a nuisance.
(B) Persons violating section to be notified.
(1) If any person shall violate the provisions of the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or the Sanitary Inspector or his or her associates to give notice to the owner or person in possession of the premises that within 15 days, or sooner from the date of the notice, all weeds, trash and other offensive animal or vegetable matter, be removed from the lot.
(2) Should any owner or occupant fail to comply with notice, the Chief of Police-Sanitary Inspector shall proceed to have removed, and the owner or occupant shall be responsible to the town for the cost thereof.
(C) Weeds; time for cutting.
(1) Every person or owner in possession of a vacant lot within the corporate limits shall shrub down within four inches of the ground all weeds, grass or other noxious growth from the lot at least twice each year; the first not later than June 15, and the second not later than August 15 of each and every year.
(2) If the weeds or other noxious growth are not cut in compliance with this chapter, the Chief of Police-Sanitary Inspector shall proceed to have the weeds or other noxious growth cut and the owner or person in possession of the lot shall be responsible to the town for the cost thereof.
(D) Abandoned automobiles. No persons shall allow an abandoned or junk automobile to remain on his or her premises, and if after 60 days notice from the Town Board, he or she fails to remove the same, the Town Board shall have authority to remove the same and the costs thereof shall be a lien on the premises until paid and the same shall also be a violation of the law.
(1973 Code, § G-I-4) Penalty, see § 10.99