If the owner of any property fails to comply with a notice given pursuant to § 93.21 within ten days after the service of such notice, he or she shall be subject to prosecution for violations of this subchapter in accordance with law, and each day that such failure continues shall be a separate offense. In addition, the Town Manager may have the condition described in the notice abated, removed, or otherwise corrected and all expenses incurred thereby shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of the property and shall be collected as taxes and levies are collected. All such expenses shall constitute a lien against the property on which the work was done. All equitable remedies pursuant to G.S. § 160A-175 are available to the town for enforcement of this subchapter in addition to other remedies and penalties contained in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 10-144) (Ord. 19-07, passed 6-14-2007; Ord. 14-14, passed 10-9-2014)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see G.S. § 160A-175