(a) Upon the written complaint of the owner of private property on which any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, has been left for more than seventy-two hours without the owner's consent, any such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, may be removed by or under the direction of the Sheriff to a storage area. Owners of private property normally open to the public for parking shall post or cause to be posted signs warning that vehicles left on the property for more than seventy-two hours will be towed or removed at their owner's expense.
(b) The person at whose request the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, is removed, shall indemnify the County against any loss or expense incurred by reason of removal, storage or sale thereof.
(c) In the case of the removal of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, from private property, when it cannot be readily sold, the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, may be disposed of as provided in Section 602.10. The State Department of Motor Vehicles shall be notified of the disposition of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer under Section 602.10 or the provisions of this section. In all other respects, the provisions of Section 602.14 shall apply to these removals. Disposal shall be carried out under the provisions of Section 602.14 after a diligent search for the owner, after notice to the owner at his or her last known address and to the holder of any lien of record, in the office of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, against the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, and after the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been held at least sixty days. The State Department of Motor Vehicles shall be notified of the disposition of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer under Section 602.14 or this section.
(Ord. 93-03. Passed 3-17-93.)