(A) Persons authorized to administer this subchapter may enter public or private property to examine a vehicle or vehicle part, obtain information as to the identity of the vehicle owner, and remove or cause the removal of a nuisance vehicle or vehicle part.
(B) Notification of owner and lien holders.
(1) For nuisance vehicles on private property, the city will give written notice by certified mail, five-day return requested, to the last known registered owner of the vehicle, any lien holder of record, and the owner or occupant of the property on which the vehicle is located. If the mailing address of the owner is unknown, the notice may be placed on the vehicle or hand delivered to the owner.
(2) The notice must state that the nuisance must be abated and removed not later than the fifteenth day after the date on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed, and that any request for a hearing must be made before that ten-day period expires, or the right to a hearing is waived and the vehicle will be deemed to be a nuisance vehicle.
(3) If a notice is returned undelivered, official action to abate the nuisance vehicle shall be contained to a date not less than 15 days after the date of return.
(4) For nuisance vehicles on the public right-of-way which are not dealt with as abandoned motor vehicles, written notice will be given as described in divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this section, except that notice will be mailed to the owner or occupant of the premises adjacent to the public right-of-way rater than to the owner or occupant of the right-of-way.
(Ord. 2011-01-01, passed 2-1-2011)