[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City 8-26-1968 as Ch. 30 of the 1968 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Lots, buildings, premises or outhouses situated within the City
shall be maintained and kept free from weeds, rubbish, refuse, trash,
stagnant water, waste and useless and discarded materials and articles
or any other substance which may be a nuisance or a danger to the
public health.
[Amended 1-20-1969 by Ord. No. 211; 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349]
A.
Whenever any lot, building or premises within the City becomes filthy
or unwholesome to such an extent that the condition of the lot, building
or premises is detrimental to the public health, the City Manager
shall direct and notify the owner of the premises to cleanse and abate
the same to the end that the same shall be put in a clean and healthy
condition.
B.
A copy of the notice shall be mailed by registered or certified mail
by the City Clerk to the owner of the premises at his or her last
known post office address. The notice shall require the owner to abate
and cleanse the premises within seven days from the date of such mailing.
C.
Whenever the notice is mailed as aforesaid and the premises mentioned
therein are not cleansed or abated within the period of seven days
from the date of such mailing, the City Manager shall cause the premises
to be cleansed and abated at the cost and expense of the owner of
the property, and such cost and expense, plus an administrative charge
of 25%, shall be a lien and a charge against the property, to be collected
in the same manner as municipal taxes are collected.
[Amended 6-2-1997 by Ord.
No. 349]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a municipal infraction, punishable
by a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted
by resolution of the City Council from time to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule
is on file in the City Clerk's office.
