It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to notify all persons about to erect any buildings, sidewalks, walls or fences near the street or any public way or alley not to encroach upon the street or public alley, and if in the opinion of the Town Manager, any obstruction is being or has been constructed on any street or public alley, the Town Manager shall cause a survey of the line of the street or alley to be made by a competent surveyor, and if the survey shall show that the street or alley is obstructed by any building, sidewalk, wall or fence, the owner shall be required to pay the costs of the survey, and be required to remove all obstructions at once. Every person who shall be found to have encroached on any street or public way or alley by any buildings, sidewalk, wall or fence and refuses or neglects to remove the same upon notice from the Code Enforcement Officer within one week from the date of the written notice, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1992 Code, § 98.27) (Ord. O-49-02149900, passed 2-14-2000; Ord. 02-O-99, passed 10-14-2002) Penalty, see § 98.999