A. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the Director may give written notice by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to any person in charge of real property directing the removal of weeds, or the removal of an accumulation of rubbish, garbage, or both rubbish and garbage. A true copy of such notice shall at the same time be mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of such property as shown upon the tax rolls of Summit County, at the address of such owner as therein shown. Such notice shall state that if such weeds are not removed, or if such accumulation of rubbish, garbage, or both rubbish and garbage, is not removed within the time stated in the notice (which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 20 days from the date of the notice), the costs of such removal may be assessed against the property (describing same) pursuant to the terms of this section, together with an additional five percent (5%) for inspection and incidental costs and an additional ten percent (10%) penalty for cost of collection, and collected in the same manner as Real Estate Taxes against the property.

B. If such weeds are not removed, or such accumulation of rubbish or garbage, or both rubbish and garbage, are not removed as required in the notice within the time described therein, the Director is authorized and empowered to cause such weeds to be removed in such manner as the Director may determine, or such rubbish and garbage, or both rubbish and garbage, to be removed.

C. After causing such weeds to be removed or the rubbish, garbage, or both rubbish and garbage, to be removed, the Director shall certify to the town clerk the street address and legal description of the real property upon which such work was done, together with the name of the owner thereof as shown by the tax rolls of Summit County, together with a statement of the work performed, the date of performance, and the actual cost thereof.

D. Upon receipt of a statement from the Director as described in subsection C of this section, the town clerk shall mail a notice to the owner of the real property as shown by the tax rolls, at the address shown upon the tax rolls, by first class mail, postage prepaid, notifying such owner that work has been performed pursuant to this section, stating the date of performance of the work, the nature of the work and demanding payment of the actual cost thereof (as certified by the Director), together with five percent (5%) for inspection and other incidental costs in connection therewith. Such notice shall state that if the full amount is not paid within ten (10) days of mailing the notice, it shall become an assessment on and a lien against the owner's property where the work was done, and will be certified as an assessment against such property, together with a ten percent (10%) penalty for collection in the same manner as the Real Estate Taxes upon the property.

E. If the town clerk does not receive full payment within ten (10) days following the mailing of the notice described in subsection D of this section, the town clerk shall inform the town council of such fact, and the town council shall thereupon enact an ordinance assessing the whole cost of such work, including five percent (5%) for inspection and other incidental costs in connection therewith, upon the lots and tracts of land from which the weeds, garbage, rubbish, or both garbage and rubbish, has been removed, together with a ten percent (10%) penalty for cost of collection.

F. Following passage of the ordinance described in subsection E of this section, the town clerk shall certify the same to the Summit County Treasurer, who shall collect the assessment pursuant to section 31-20-105, Colorado Revised Statutes, including the ten percent (10%) penalty for cost of collection, in the same manner as other Real Property Taxes are collected. Each such assessment shall be a lien against the lot, tract or parcel of land where the work was done by the town until fully paid, and shall have priority over all other liens except general taxes and prior special assessments. (Ord. 7, Series 2010; amd. Ord. 25, Series 2022. Formerly 5-2-8)