[Adopted 7-15-1974 as Chapter 14 of the 1974 Code of the
Town of Tonawanda]
This article shall be known as the "Excavated
Lands Ordinance of the Town of Tonawanda, County of Erie, State of
New York."
The Town Superintendent of Highways or other
appropriate officials of such town, upon the direction of the Town
Board, shall fill in excavated lands and property if, after a hearing,
the existence of such lands and property were deemed by the Town Board
to constitute a hazard to public safety, provided that 30 days' notice
shall be given by registered mail addressed to the owner of record
of such lands and property at the address shown on the last preceding
assessment roll and provided that such excavated lands and property
are not filled by or on behalf of such owner within such period, and
it is further enacted that the cost thereof shall be assessed against
such lands and property in accordance with the provisions of § 157
of the Highway Law.