§ 20-28. Emergency abatement by town.  


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  • When, in the opinion of the town manager or other duly designated officer, there is actual and immediate danger to the public or occupants of a particular premises caused by a nuisance on such premises, the health officer or duly designated officer is hereby authorized and empowered, without any notice or hearing, to order and require such premises to be vacated. The town manager or other duly designated officer shall immediately post on the premises warning of the dangerous condition, and shall then abate such nuisance and prepare a statement of costs incurred in the abatement thereof.

(Code 1999, § 17-8)