(A) Any vehicle or junk which is impounded or removed and taken into custody, as provided in this chapter, may be disposed of according to the provisions of Wyoming Statutes section 7-2-105, or 31-13-108, 31-13-109 and 31-13-110.
(B) The town administration, or the town designee, shall determine the costs of removal and disposal in each case. The town administration and/or employee shall take into account the amount of time spent by town employees, the cost and time involved for the use of town equipment and fuel, and the costs and expenses for disposing of the vehicles, junk and/or other materials constituting the nuisance. The town administration and/or employee may contract with a company, firm or individual who is not an employee of the town to remove or abate the nuisance, and the cost of such removal shall be assessed against the property owner. The town may take any action allowed by law to collect the actual costs of removal and storage of any property constituting a public nuisance. Nothing herein shall prohibit the town from waiving the cost of removal.
(C) Upon the owner’s failure and/or refusal to comply with the written notice to remove the nuisance within the specified time period, the town administration or special municipal officer or their designee may, in addition to issuing the owner a citation, after the expiration of the time to request a hearing, or if a hearing is requested, after the hearing examiner or municipal judge find that a nuisance exists, authorize the removal of such nuisance, and the owner of the lot or parcel from which the nuisance is removed shall be liable for all costs of the removal.
(D) The town administration or special municipal officer or their designee may initiate legal proceedings for the collection of costs of removal against the owner of the lot or parcel, upon the owner’s failure and/or refusal to pay the costs within thirty (30) calendar days following demand for payment by the town.
(Ord. 2023-12, 1-9-2024)