A. Order Of Abatement: Pursuant to authority granted by 63 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-1011, law enforcement personnel shall have the authority to order the owner or occupant of any private premises in the town to remove from such premises, at his own expense, any source of filth, cause of sickness, condition conducive to the breeding of insects or rodents that might contribute to the transmission of disease, or any other condition adversely affecting the public health, within twenty four (24) hours, or within such other time as might be reasonable, and a failure to do so shall constitute an offense. Such order shall be in writing and may be served personally on the owner or occupant of the premises, or authorized agent thereof, by law enforcement personnel, or a copy thereof may be left at the last usual place of abode of such owner, occupant, or agent, if known and within the state. If the premises is unoccupied, and the residence of such owner, occupant, or agent is unknown or is without the state, such order may be served by posting a copy thereof on the premises, or by publication in at least one issue of a newspaper having a general circulation in town. (2003 Code § 7-1-8)
B. Abatement By Town; Costs: If there is not compliance with such order, law enforcement personnel may cause the order to be executed and complied with, and the cost thereof shall be certified to the town clerk-treasurer, and the cost of removing or abating such nuisance shall be added to the water bill or other town utility bill of the owner or occupant if he is a user of water from the town water system or such other utility service. The said cost shall be treated as a part of such utility bill to which it is added, and shall become due and payable, and be subject to the same regulation relating to delinquency in payment, as the utility bill itself. If such owner or occupant is not a user of such town utility service, such cost, after certification to the town clerk-treasurer, may be collected in any manner in which any other debt due the town may be collected. (2003 Code § 7-1-8; amd. 2014 Code)