The Chief of Police, upon notification to the Chief of Police of such action and of the location of the place of storage, may order into storage any motor vehicle, other than an inoperable vehicle, which has been left on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the Chief of Police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place. The Chief of Police shall designate the place of storage of any motor vehicle ordered to be removed.
The owner or person in control of the lot which the Chief of Police designated as the place of storage for a motor vehicle ordered to be removed shall immediately cause a search to be made of the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ascertain the owner and any lienholder of a motor vehicle ordered into storage by the Chief of Police and, if known, shall send notice to the owner or lienholder at his last known address by certified mail with return receipt requested, that the motor vehicle will be declared a nuisance and disposed of if not claimed within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice. The owner or lienholder of the motor vehicle may reclaim it upon payment of any expenses or charges incurred in its removal and storage, and presentation of proof of ownership, which may be evidenced by a certificate of title to the motor vehicle.
If a motor vehicle that is ordered into storage pursuant to this section remains unclaimed by the owner for thirty days, the vehicle shall be disposed of pursuant to Section 359.04.
(Ord. 2020-22. Passed 7-27-20.)