[Amended 12-13-1995 by L.L. No. 9-1995]
Within 15 days after the certified mailing of written notice as provided in § 174-20 above, the Commissioner of Public Works shall make an inspection and shall cause any litter placed in violation of any provision of this chapter on such lands or portion thereof to be removed. The actual cost of removal, plus a twenty-percent fee for inspection and administrative overhead therewith, shall be certified by the Commissioner of Public Works to the Town Clerk and shall thereupon become and be a lien upon the property on which said litter was located and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes levied and assessed against such property.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be an offense against this chapter which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by a term of imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.