(A) Notice pursuant to this section shall be personally delivered to the owner of a vehicle that appears to be abandoned or inoperable or shall be forwarded by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the owner of the vehicle as indicated in the most current registration list of the Secretary of State. The notice shall be in the form provided in § 99.08 of this Code. In the event that a vehicle registered outside the state is proposed to be towed, inquiry by computer, telephone or letter shall be made of the Secretary of State of the particular jurisdiction for the furnishing of the most current registered name and address of the owner of the vehicle, and notice shall be mailed as provided herein to the address furnished. Towing may occur within 5 days of personal service of notice, provided no request for a hearing is received within that 5-day period. In instances where personal service or delivery of the notice has occurred, concurrent notice shall also be sent by certified or registered mail. In no case will the Village be required to delay towing more than 5 days after personal delivery of the notice or 7 days after the date of the mailing of the notice in instances where no personal delivery has occurred, if no request for a hearing has been received within that 5 or 7-day period. The notice required by this division shall not be required if the vehicle that appears to be abandoned or inoperable does not have a license plate, vehicle identification number or other identification from which the owner of the vehicle can be ascertained.
(B) A notice of intent to tow sticker with the earliest date upon which the tow may take place and the address and phone number of the Police Department shall be placed on the vehicle that appears to be abandoned or inoperable.
(1997 Code, § 44.03) (Ord. 85-26, passed 7-11-1985; Am. Ord. C0-02-29, passed 10-7-2002; Am. Ord. C0-04-9, passed 3-1-2004)