A. Between May 1st and September 1st of each year, the owner of any vacant or undeveloped property within the Town, including such property upon which buildings or other improvements are located, shall cut the grass, weeds and other foreign growth on such property or any part thereof. Any such owner failing, refusing or neglecting to cut or remove such grass, weeds and other foreign growth, after ten (10) days notice, shall be in violation of this Section and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for the first such violation. Each business day during which the same violation is found to have existed shall constitute a separate offense, however, the total amount of civil penalties arising from the same set of operative facts in a 12-month period shall not exceed $3,000.

B.    Whenever the grass, weeds or other foreign growth attains the height of fifteen (15) inches or more, whether such property is vacant or occupied, it shall be presumed to threaten the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Town. Under such circumstances, the Town Manager may after ten (10) days notice to the owners or occupants thereof, have such grass, weeds, and other foreign growth cut by its agents, contractors or employees, and the costs and expenses thereof shall be charged to and paid by the owner of such property, and may be collected as taxes and levies are collected, and shall constitute a lien upon such property until such charges are paid. Any owner of property who is aggrieved by the decision of the Town Manager under this Subsection may note an appeal of the herein described notice within ten (10) days of the date of its receipt, in which case, all efforts to cause said grass, weeds, etc., to be cut by the Town shall cease until the appeal has been decided by the Town Council.