(1) The public works director shall enforce this chapter and if any property owner fails or refuses to abate any such nuisances as enumerated in CMC 8.20.030, the town council may, after a report filed by the public works director, by resolution, require any such property owner or occupier, in addition to or as an alternative to the penalties prescribed herein, to abate the nuisance by removal or destruction, at the owner’s and/or occupier’s cost and expense, within a time specified in the resolution; and if the removal and destruction are not made by such owner and/or occupier within the time specified, the public works director may abate the same as provided in CMC 8.20.060.

(2) Any person affected by the resolution issued by the town council, may within 10 days after the town council adopts such resolution, petition the superior court of Wahkiakum County for an injunction restraining the town from carrying out the provisions of the resolution. In all such proceedings, the superior court is authorized to affirm, reverse or modify the resolution. Such proceedings in the superior court shall be heard de novo. (Ord. 350 § 4, 1993)