Fifteen days after the vehicle, or parts thereof, is ordered removed by the vehicle abatement officer, or 15 days from the date of mailing of the order of the hearing officer ordering such removal, or 15 days after affirmation by the council of the order for removal, the vehicle or parts thereof may be disposed of by removal to a scrap yard or automobile dismantler’s yard. After a vehicle has been removed, it shall not thereafter be reconstructed or made operable, unless it is a vehicle which qualifies for either horseless carriage license plates or historical vehicle license plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the California Vehicle Code, in which case the vehicle may be reconstructed and made operable.
(Ord. 2252, Ord. 2555)