Whenever the Chief of Police shall find any vehicle described in § 98.03 placed or stored in the open upon private property within the corporate limits of the city, he or she shall issue an order to the owner of the vehicle to remove the vehicle within ten days. Notice of the order shall be placed upon the vehicle and copies of the notice shall be served upon any adult occupying the real estate on which the vehicle is located and also upon the owner of the vehicle, if his or her name and whereabouts be known. If no occupant of the real estate or owner of the vehicle can be found, a notice affixed to any building on the real estate shall constitute notice to the owner and occupant of the real estate and to the owner of the vehicle. If there is no building on the real estate, the notice may be affixed elsewhere on the real estate. If the vehicle is not removed with ten days pursuant to the order and notice, and if the order is not stayed by the issuing officer pursuant to a written request showing good cause for a permanent or temporary stay, the Chief of Police shall cause the vehicle to be removed by a junk or salvage yard or wrecker service, the cost and expense of the removal by the junk or salvage yard or wrecker service to be paid by the owner of the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 13-20) (Ord. passed 3-25-1968)