(A) If the violation described in the notice has not been remedied within the ten-day period of compliance, or in the event that a notice requesting a hearing is timely filed, a hearing had, and the existence of the violation is affirmed, the Chief of Police or his or her designee shall continue to prosecute criminal charges on a daily basis for failure to abate the nuisance and/or shall have the right to take possession of the junked motor vehicle and remove it from the premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or hinder, or to refuse to allow the person or persons to enter upon private property for the purpose of removing a vehicle under the provisions of this subchapter.
(B) (1) Within 48 hours of the removal of the vehicle, the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, shall give notice to the registered owner of the vehicle, if known, and also to the owner or occupant of the private property from which the vehicle was removed, that the vehicle, or vehicles, have been impounded and stored for violation of this subchapter. Notice shall give the location where the vehicle, or vehicles, are stored, and the proper procedure for redeeming the vehicle(s), including cost of redemption.
(2) Upon removing a vehicle under the provisions of this subchapter, the city shall after ten days, cause it to be appraised. If the vehicle is appraised at $75 or less, the Chief of Police or his or her designee shall execute an affidavit so attesting and describing the vehicle, including the license plates, if any, and stating the location and appraised value of the vehicle. After complying with the above, the city may summarily dispose of the vehicle and execute a certificate of sale.
(3) If the vehicle is appraised at over $75, notice of public sale shall be given not less than ten days before the date of the proposed sale.
(2002 Code, § 94.21) Penalty, see § 10.99