§ 16-33. Notice and order to abate on finding of existence.

(a)

Upon a determination that conditions constituting a public nuisance exist, the town manager shall notify, in writing, the owner, occupant or person in possession of the premises in question of the conditions constituting such public nuisance and shall order the prompt abatement thereof within 15 days from the receipt of such written notice. Receipt shall be deemed to occur on the third day after the date of the postmark if the notice is deposited in a United States Post Office.

(b)

Abatement of a public nuisance shall consist of taking whatever appropriate steps are reasonably necessary to remove the condition or conditions which result in the declaration of a public nuisance. Without limitation the town manager, in ordering the abatement of a public nuisance, may require the removal of debris, rubbish, accumulations of animal or vegetable matter, growth of weeds and grass, burned or partially burned buildings, the isolation of the condition to be abated so that access cannot be gained by persons or property which may be injured by the nuisance, the removal or effective obscuring of graffiti or such other steps which are reasonably necessary to abate the nuisance.

(Code 1990, § 12-3; Ord. No. 07-03-007, § II, 3-7-2007; Ord. No. 10-07-021, Pt. I, 7-7-2010; Ord. No. 15-07-023 , Pt. II, 7-1-2015)