§ 14-89. Recourse of town for noncompliance with notice; recording and release of lien upon property in default.

(a)

If, upon notice having been given and served as provided in section 14-85 and upon expiration of the period of time for compliance with such notice as stated therein, the directives of such notice have not been fully complied with, the town, through its agents or employees or through an independent contractor when the town has no or an insufficient number of qualified employees or suitable equipment, may remove, repair or secure the building, wall or other structure being the subject of such notice, and all costs and expenses thereby incurred shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of the property in default and may be collected by the town as taxes and levies are collected. The council shall instruct the town treasurer to record a lien against such property, and he shall not execute a release of such lien until every such charge has been paid.

(b)

Any of the remedies described in section 26-125 shall be applicable to this article.

(Code 1992, § 4-71)

(Code 1992, § 4-71)