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 "country": "US",
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 "label": "Property maintenance",
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   "title": "Ordinance 17-1 - Vacant Building Registration",
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    "standards": "Building deemed vacant if no person conducts a lawfully licensed business or lawfully resides in it; owner of building vacant 60+ consecutive days must file a notarized vacant property registration statement",
    "enforcement": "Registration required with fee ($100 first year, $300/year years 2-5, $500/year after 5 years); unpaid fees constitute a debt due the Town collectible by civil action"
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   "title": "Ordinance 20-4 - Vacant Building Registration Amendment",
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    "standards": "Unsanitary disposal of trash/garbage/debris/construction waste/compost; unburied dead animals; standing water breeding vectors; rodent/insect infestation; wrecked/inoperable vehicles; accumulations deleterious to public health/safety/comfort",
    "enforcement": "Building Official notifies owner to remove nuisance; on failure within 10 days Town may correct and charge owner actual cost plus $100 administrative fee ($500 for second/additional times), collectible as real estate taxes"
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   "title": "Ordinance 24-06 - International Property Maintenance Code",
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    "standards": "No wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicle parked/stored/left on private property in excess of 15 days (declared a public nuisance)",
    "enforcement": "Order for removal; if not removed, Police Department may remove/impound vehicle; town may recover costs from owner or add to tax bill"
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   "title": "Ordinance A04-8 - Brush, Grass and Weeds",
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   "status": "adopted",
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    "standards": "No hedges, bushes, shrubs, trees or other vegetation permitted to grow so as to inhibit free passage of or endanger pedestrians on any street, alley, sidewalk or walkway; no weeds/grass/vegetation clippings placed on street, alley, sidewalk or walkway",
    "enforcement": "Town issues written notice ordering compliance; if not remedied within 10 days, Town corrects violation and bills owner the cost plus $250.00 administrative cost"
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   "title": "Ordinance A03-2 - Dangerous Buildings",
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