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(A) Charges for garbage or refuse abatement which are not paid by the owner or occupant shall become a lien upon the premises. When a bill for such charges remains unpaid for 60 days after it has been rendered, the Clerk-Treasurer may file with the County Auditor a certified statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain a legal description of the premises, the expenses and costs incurred, the date the nuisance was abated, and notice that the town claims a lien for this amount, and the Auditor shall place the amount claimed on the tax duplicate against the real estate affected by the abatement, and the amount shall be collected as taxes are collected, and disbursed to the General Fund of the town.
(B) Notice of such lien claim shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his or her address is known. Provided, however, that failure of the Clerk-Treasurer to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for such charges as provided in § 50.11.
(Ord. 01-01, passed 4-10-2001)
(A) Property subject to a lien for unpaid abatement charges shall be sold for non-payment of the same and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be in equity in the name of the town.
(B) The Town Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings, in the name of the town, in any court having jurisdiction over such matter, against any property for which such bill has remained unpaid one year after it has been rendered.
(Ord. 01-01, passed 4-10-2001)