§ 14-101. Enforcement and penalty.


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  • Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 per day, and each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation of this article. In addition to all other penalties imposed by this article, the town may seek injunctive relief to abate any public or private nuisance caused by violation of this article. The cost of abating the nuisance shall be collected as a debt from the owner, occupant, or person owning the property, or causing or permitting or maintaining the nuisance, as the case may be, and such cost shall be assessed against the real estate as a special charge, and shall be placed on the real estate tax bill and collected with all other real estate taxes and assessments due and owing.

(Prior Code, § 8-7-15)