(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a junk or unoperational vehicle upon the public streets.
(B) If any vehicle is found by any police officer abandoned on the public streets, it shall be his duty to cause such vehicle to be removed and conveyed to a garage designated by the Chief of Police. The owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be given immediate personal notice or notice by certified mail, if his address can be ascertained.
(C) If the address of such owner cannot be ascertained, then the Chief of Police shall advertise that such car has been abandoned and impounded, giving an accurate description thereof, the name of the person licensed to operate it and the circumstances under which the same was found and removed and calling upon the owner to reclaim the same within 30 days. Such notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in a locally distributed newspaper. If such vehicle is not reclaimed after such advertisement, then the same shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder at such place as may be designated therefor.
(D) The expenses of removing, keeping, advertising, and selling the vehicle shall be paid from the proceeds of such sale; the balance, if any, shall be deposited with the Clerk and Treasurer, subject to the claim of the owner to be filed and proven within 12 months thereafter. If no such claim is filed and proven within that time, such proceeds shall be forfeited. The Chief of Police shall keep a record of such vehicle, the name of the registered owner, the license tag and the circumstances under which it was found, impounded, stored and sold.
('86 Code, § 18.409) Penalty, see § 72.99