(a) Prior to any official action being taken to abate and remove a junked vehicle, from private or public property or a public right-of-way, not less than ten days’ notice shall be given of the nature of the nuisance, except as hereinafter provided, to the following parties:
(1) The last known registered owner of the junked vehicle;
(2) Each lienholder of record of the junked vehicle; and
(3) The owner or occupant of the private property on which the junked vehicle is located or the owner or occupant of the premises adjacent to the public right-of-way on which the junked vehicle is located.
(b) Such notice shall be personally delivered, mailed by certified mail with a five-day return requested or delivered by the United States postal service with signature confirmation service and shall state the following:
(1) That the junked vehicle is a public nuisance;
(2) That the nuisance must be abated and removed not later than the tenth day after the date on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed;
(3) That a person entitled to notice pursuant to subsection (a) above may, not later than the tenth day after the date on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed, request, in writing, a public hearing in accordance with § 22-305 of this chapter;
(4) That the persons entitled to notice shall be entitled to speak at the public hearing, either by making a request prior to the time of the hearing or by making a request at the time of the hearing; and
(5) That failure to abate and remove the nuisance or failure to attend the hearing after notice constitutes a waiver by the owner and lienholders of all right, title and interest in the vehicle and their consent to disposal of the junked vehicle in accordance with the provisions of Tex. Transportation Code Chapter 683, Subchapter E.
(c) If the post office address of the last known registered owner of the junked vehicle is unknown, notice may be placed on the junked vehicle or, if the owner is located, hand delivered.
(d) If any notice is returned undelivered by the United States Post Office, official action to abate the nuisance shall be continued to a date not earlier than the eleventh day after the date of the return of the notice.
(Ord. 12938, § 2, passed 4-1-1997; Ord. 18441-01-2009, § 4, passed 1-13-2009)