A. The town intends to preserve from deliberate or inadvertent neglect any landmark whose stabilization is necessary to prevent the landmark's deterioration.

B. No owner, lessee, or occupant of any landmark shall fail to prevent stabilization of the landmark.

C. No owner, lessee or occupant of any landmark shall fail to comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and other ordinances of the town regulating property maintenance of the landmark.

D. Before the town attorney files a complaint for failure to stabilize a property as required by this section, the director shall notify the property owner, lessee, or occupant of the need to stabilize the property, shall endeavor to assist the owner, lessee, or occupant in determining how to stabilize the property, and shall give the owner a reasonable time, not less than thirty (30) days, to perform the required stabilization. (Ord. 24, Series 2001)