(A) When an abandoned or junked motor vehicle is removed from private property at the request of the owner, lessee or occupant thereof, the person at whose request such vehicle is removed shall be required to pay or otherwise indemnify the city for any expenses incurred by reason of the removal and storage of such vehicle. When the city removes a junked vehicle from private property, due to a violation of § 90.03, the property owner shall pay to the city an administrative fee of $100 and real costs incurred by reason of the removal. The vehicle owner shall pay to the city all administrative and real costs incurred by reason of the towing, storage and disposition of the vehicle.
(B) The owner of any vehicle removed hereunder from any public street or highway, or any property owned or operated by the city, or any private property, shall pay to the city an administrative fee of $100 and all reasonable costs incident to the removal and storage of such vehicle and to locating the owner thereof.
(C) Written notice of each removal of an abandoned or junked vehicle and of the possible sale or disposition thereof shall be given as promptly as possible to the owner thereof at his last known address according to the latest registration certificate or certificate of title on file with the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
(D) Notice need not be given to the registered owner when the vehicle does not display a license plate and the vehicle identification numbers have been removed or defaced so as to be illegible.
(E) The owner of a towed vehicle may, within 20 days of the notice required by § 90.06, request a hearing before the City Manager to contest the towing and charges therefor, pursuant to G.S. § 160A-303.
('70 Code, § 11-66) (Ord. 1983-13, passed 4-5-83; Am. Ord. 1985-56, passed 10-21-85; Am. Ord. 2005-63, passed 7-5-05)