This article applies to foreclosing or foreclosed properties
within the Town.
The Town, or its designee, shall establish a registry cataloging
each registrable property within the Town, containing the information
required by this article.
The provisions of this article are cumulative with and in addition
to other available remedies. Nothing contained in this article shall
prohibit the Town from collecting on fees, fines, and penalties in
any lawful manner; or enforcing its codes by any other means, including,
but not limited to, injunction, abatement, or as otherwise provided
by law or ordinance.
All registrable property is at risk of being a public nuisance
and, if blighted, can constitute a public nuisance, the abatement
of which pursuant to the police power is hereby declared to be necessary
for the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the Town.
Whoever opposes, obstructs, or resists any enforcement officer
or any person authorized by the enforcement office in the discharge
of duties as provided in this article shall be punishable as provided
in the applicable code(s) or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Any enforcement officer or any person authorized by the Town
to enforce the sections here within shall be immune from prosecution,
civil or criminal, for reasonable, good faith entry upon real property
while in the discharge of duties imposed by this article.
Unless otherwise provided for in this article, a violation of
this article is declared unlawful and shall be punishable by a fine
of up to $5,000 per day for each day that the violation continues.
Registration fees and penalties outlined in this article may
be modified by resolution, administrative order, or an amendment to
this article, passed and adopted by the Town Board.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this article
are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or
section of this article shall be declared unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this article.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith,
are hereby repealed and replaced.
It is the intention of the Town Board that the provisions of
this article shall become and be made a part of the Town Code of Ordinances;
and that the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered
to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed
to "section," "chapter," or such other appropriate word or phrase
in order to accomplish such intentions.
This article shall become effective immediately upon adoption.