(a) With the consent of the owner, the director of public safety may dispose of any vehicle as a junked motor vehicle without holding it for any prescribed period of time. If an unclaimed abandoned motor vehicle appears to be worth less than $100.00, then the director of public safety may dispose of the vehicle as a junked vehicle.
(b) Any unclaimed junked motor vehicles as defined by this division shall be held for a period of at least 15 days and the owner of such vehicle may claim the vehicle during the 15 day retention period by exhibiting proof of ownership to the director of public safety and after paying all reasonable costs incidental to the removal and storage of the vehicle plus administrative expenses. If, after the vehicle has been held for 15 days, it shall remain unclaimed, the vehicle may be destroyed,or sold at private sales as junk. Within 15 days after disposition of a junked motor vehicle, the written notice thereof shall be given to the division of motor vehicles that the vehicle has been determined to be a junked motor vehicle and accordingly disposed of. The notice shall contain as full and accurate description of the vehicle as can be reasonably determined.
(Ord. No. 37, § 7, 9-18-1993; Ord. No. 2013-0501, 5-17-2013)