Any vehicle or parts thereof allowed to remain on such property in violation of the preceding section shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated. The Municipal Clerk or his or her duly designated officer of the municipality shall given written notice to the owner or occupant of the real property upon which such nuisance exists to abate the nuisance within ten days. The notice to abate shall be served either in person, by mailing notice by certified mail or registered mail or by publication, or by affixing notice on such vehicle. Any publication notice shall be in a newspaper, of general circulation in the municipality which is published at least weekly; such notice shall be published once; and the time period shall run from the date of publication. Upon failure to abate the nuisance within the time provided, the municipality may remove such vehicle or parts of any vehicle and sell the same at public sale. Notice of the sale shall be given in the same manner as notice to abate. Any proceeds from such sale shall be first applied to any expenses incurred by the municipality in removing, storing and selling the vehicle or vehicle parts and the balance shall be held without interest for the benefit of the owner of such vehicle or vehicle parts for a period of two years. If not claimed within such period of time, the proceeds shall then be paid to the General Fund of the municipality.
(2000 Code, § 4-307)