When an abandoned motor vehicle or any property other than a junked motor vehicle, as defined in § 95.01, is placed, left standing, parked, erected, or lying in violation of any ordinance or code of the city or left unattended for more than forty-eight (48) continuous hours in or on any public street, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public place of the city is declared to be a nuisance. Any such property when so found shall be removed summarily by any officer of the city and taken to the city pound and shall be kept there until redeemed or sold as herein provided.