(A) Upon failure to timely either abate the nuisance or demand a hearing as hereinabove provided, the enforcement officer or his contractual designee is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to remove same and dispose of it. Any person designated by the enforcement officer to remove, transport, or store any junked motor vehicle or junked appliance, or the city if it does so, shall have a lien against same for the reasonable charges of such towing, transporting, or storage, and such person or the city may sell such vehicle or appliance for such charges if the same have not been paid during the impoundment period.
(B) Such sale shall be advertised in accordance with KRS Chapter 424 and notice thereof shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the junked motor vehicle or junked appliance and to any other person known to have any interest therein, addressed to such persons at their last known addresses at least ten days before the sale is held.
(C) All requirements of KRS Chapter 376 regarding notice and sale for towing and storage charges shall be satisfied.
(D) The city shall not be liable to any person towing or storing junked motor vehicles or appliances. Any excess proceeds of sale shall be paid to or held for the benefit of the owner of the property sold and any other person known to have an interest therein.
(Ord. 70-2, passed 5-13-70)