In the event that a vehicle is located on private property in violation of this subchapter, the City Clerk-Treasurer, or the Police Department, or its designee, may give ten days’ written notice, either by certified mail/return receipt requested, or by personal service, to the registered owner of the vehicle, or the owner or occupant of the real estate, which directs the abatement of the violation within ten days, and in the event that the violation is not abated within ten days, the City Clerk-Treasurer or Police Department, or its designee, may and is hereby expressly authorized to enter upon the private property for the purpose of abating the violation and removing the vehicle, in accordance with § 10.20 of this code of ordinances. The cost of the removal and storage shall be billed to the owner of the vehicle and/or owner or occupant of the real estate, and if not paid, may be certified to the real estate as a special assessment.
(Ord. 115, passed 9-23-1991; Ord. 207, passed 7-28-2014)