50.07.160 Vacant Buildings

(a) Upon vacating or abandoning any premises, the owner shall remove any and all noxious and hazardous material or waste matter and the premises shall be left in a clean and neat condition.

(b) Every person owning or in charge of or control of any vacant building shall remove all accumulations of flammable or combustible waste or rubbish and shall securely lock, barricade or otherwise secure all doors, windows and other openings.

(c) Weedy Growth, Grass or Flammable Vegetation on Vacant Premises:

(1) Building/Property Owner Responsibility: It shall be the responsibility of any person owning, leasing, in charge of or in control of any vacant building or abandoned structure, to abate, cut and remove all weedy growth, grass over six inches (6") in height, vines, brush, dead vegetation, and woody debris from the exterior of the building for a distance of at least thirty feet (30') from the vacant building and attached structures.

(2) Notice to Cut, Destroy or Remove: The local Fire Chief or Fire Inspector shall be authorized and empowered to notify in writing the owner, lessee, or person(s) in charge of or in control of such vacant building to abate or cut and remove or destroy any weedy growth, grass over six (6) inches in length, or other noxious growth and woody debris found growing, lying, on located adjacent to the vacant building or upon the driveway abutting the building, when determined by the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector to be a fire hazard or source of nuisance fires.

(3) Action Upon Noncompliance-Cost Assessed to Property: Should the owner of the property not respond within five (5) business days after receipt of the written notice, the Tribal Chairman, or his/her authorized representative, is authorized to abate the weedy growth on the property and either bill the owner or place a lien upon the property for the cost of abatement by the tribe.