(A) (1) Whenever any officer, as defined by I.C. 9-22-1-16, or any member of the Town Council, shall find any such vehicle placed or stored in the open upon public property within the corporate limits of the town, he or she shall issue an order to the owner of such vehicle to remove such vehicle within three days. Notice of such order shall be placed upon said vehicle.
(2) If such vehicle is not removed within three days pursuant to said order and notice, said officer or Council member shall cause such vehicle to be removed by a junk or salvage yard or wrecker service, the reasonable cost and expense of such removal by the junk or salvage yard or wrecker service to be paid by the owner of such vehicle, and shall make any statutorily required abandoned vehicle report.
(Prior Code, § 3.10.2)
(B) (1) (a) Whenever such officer or Council member shall find any such vehicle placed or stored in the open upon private property within the corporate limits of the town, he or she shall issue an order to the owner of such vehicle to remove such vehicle within three days. Notice of such order shall be placed upon such vehicle, and copies of such notice shall be served upon any adult occupying the real estate on which the vehicle is located and also upon the owner of the vehicle, if his or her name and address be known.
(b) If no occupant of the real estate or owner of such vehicle can be found, a notice affixed to any building on the real estate shall constitute notice to the owner and occupant of the real estate and a notice affixed to the vehicle shall constitute notice to the owner of the vehicle. If there is no building on the real estate, said notice may be affixed elsewhere on the real estate.
(2) If such vehicle is not removed within three days pursuant to said order and notice, the vehicle shall be removed by a junk or salvage yard or wrecker service to be paid by the owner of such vehicle, and such officer or Council member shall make any statutorily required abandoned vehicle report.
(Prior Code, § 3.10.3)
(Ord. passed 2-22-1988)