Any individual to whom a parking ticket and/or motor vehicle violation has been issued shall fail to answer said violation within ten (10) days after the issuance thereof, or shall fail to make payment on said violation within the requisite time periods for such violations in accordance with the City of Keyser Uniform Citation Guidelines and if there are three or more parking violations to which there have been no response or for which the fines and costs have not been paid, the City of Keyser shall mail a notice to the registered owner of the vehicle to which the notice of parking violation was affixed. Such notice shall be mailed to the address of the registered owner as shown by the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state in which such vehicle is licensed and shall contain the following information:
(a) The license number of the vehicle;
(b) The name of the registered owner of the vehicle as shown by the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles or other appropriate agency of the State in which such vehicle is licensed;
(c) The date and nature of all notices of parking violations and/or motor vehicle violations applicable to such vehicle to which no response has been made and for which the penalties have not been paid;
(d) A statement of the amount of all unpaid penalties imposed by reason of such notices of parking violations and/or motor vehicle violations together with any increases in such penalties as may be applicable by the Codified Ordinances of the City of Keyser and/or the laws of the State of West Virginia;
(e) A statement that the vehicle will be considered to be a public nuisance unless all outstanding or unpaid penalties and increases thereof, incurred by the issuance of the notices of parking violation and/or motor vehicle violations are not paid within 10 (ten) days of such notice;
(f) A statement that the vehicle is a public nuisance and will be subject to immobilization and subsequent impoundment pursuant to this article, unless such payment is made within the applicable time frame.
(Ord. 273. Passed 10-27-08.)