(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain premises, including vacant lots or lands, upon which trash, garbage or miscellaneous refuse is permitted or caused to accumulate in any manner which is, or may become a nuisance, or cause injury to the health or welfare of residents in the vicinity or may injure neighboring property. Drive-in restaurants and other food establishments that permit carry-out food service shall maintain at all times on their premises sufficient receptacles for the disposal of trash, garbage and miscellaneous refuse.
(B) In the event the person or persons responsible refuse to remove the trash, garbage or refuse from the property on which it is allowed to accumulate within ten days after notice in writing has been given to the person responsible, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section.
(C) If the person responsible for the conditions named above has not acted to correct the violation, the Town Attorney shall, upon request of the Board of Commissioners, apply to the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice for a mandatory or prohibitory injunction and order of abatement within the time allowed by the court, he may be cited for contempt and the town shall execute the order of abatement. When the town executed the order, it has a lien on the property, in the nature of a mechanic’s and materialman’s lien, for the costs of executing the order.
(D) In addition to and separate and apart from the other remedies set forth in this section, a violator of any of the above provisions may be assessed a civil penalty of $10, and each and every day during which a violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct offense.
(OC, § 4-2-21) Penalty, see § 10.99