A. An officer who finds a vehicle or parts believed to be abandoned vehicle as defined in this chapter shall attach in a prominent place a notice tag containing the following information:
1. The date, time, officer's name, and address and telephone number of the police department;
2. That the vehicle or parts are considered abandoned;
3. That the vehicle or parts will be removed after seventy-two hours;
4. That the owner will be held responsible for all costs incidental to the removal, storage and disposal, and if not paid, the owner's registration privileges, including but not limited to the seizure of the license plate for that vehicle, will be suspended on that vehicle;
5. That the owner may avoid costs by removal of the vehicle or parts within seventy-two hours.
B. If the tagged vehicle is not removed within that seventy-two hour period, the officer shall prepare a written abandoned vehicle report on the vehicle on the bureau's form 322B.
C. After seventy-two hours, the officer shall require the vehicle to be towed to a storage area. (Ord. 16-2019, 2019; Ord. 2-2014 § 1, 2014; Prior code § 15-180)