No person shall keep, collect or suffer to be in his or her house or on his or her premises over and above the period of 24 hours any putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter, nauseous liquids, stagnant water or other offensive matter, or any liquid or matter which is liable to or which by a stench or smell becomes a nuisance to the neighborhood or which becomes a breeding place for germs, or liable to become a detriment to the public health. (See Chapter
12, Property Maintenance.)
No owner of property within the corporate limits of the Town
of Cottage City shall cause or permit weeds, grass or thickets to
grow upon his, her or their property, so as to constitute a menace
to health or an obstruction to the free passage of persons using the
sidewalk contiguous to the property.
Upon it appearing to the Commissioners that a condition exists
which is prohibited by the foregoing sections, the Town Clerk or the
police or code enforcement officer shall notify the owner of the property
to remedy the condition within 10 days after receipt of such notice,
and upon failure to comply with such notice, the Commissioners shall
employ a person to do the work, who shall have the right of entering
the premises for the purpose, and the cost thereof shall be assessed
against the property owner. The Town shall proceed to collect this
cost by entering same on the tax records as a tax upon such real estate,
or by suit if deemed necessary, or both.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any live swine,
horse or animal of the horse-kind, sheep, goats, cows or animals of
the bovine-kind, pigeons, rabbits, or fowls or progeny thereof in
the Town of Cottage City.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to occupy any
trailer, car or other vehicle as his, her or their living quarters
within the limits of the Town of Cottage City.
Any violation of this chapter shall be deemed a municipal infraction
and shall, in addition to any cost or fee, be punished by a fine of
$50. Each day any violation of this chapter shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.