(A) Upon the failure of any owner or occupant to comply with preceding sections of this chapter, the Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation may arrange for them to be cut or destroyed. The Vincennes Street Department may correct the condition and keep account of the expense of same. (Provided, however, that a minimum of $50 shall be certified as the cost of correcting the condition.) The City Inspector, the Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation, the Vincennes Police Department or their designee may enter upon the premises in order to correct the condition and may require the Police Department to assist them if access or entry is resisted.
(B) The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized and directed to make a record of any amount expended by the city to correct the violation together with the owner's name and description of the real estate in a record kept for that purpose. A statement for the act of abating the violation costs shall be sent to the last known address of the owner/occupant. Upon failure of the property owner or legal occupant to pay the amount charged within ten days, a penalty charge of $10 per day for the first offense, $20 per day for the second offense, and $30 per day for the third offense, is to be added to the bill until the amount is paid or until fines equal $2,500.
(C) Any amounts so collected shall be returned to the Street and Sanitation Department to fund the eradication and abatement program. This shall be established as a separate non-reverting fund in the Street and Sanitation Department.
(Ord. 13-94, passed 5-9-94)