(A) Following a request, the City Manager shall fix a time for a hearing to show cause why a vehicle should not be immediately abated. The City Manager shall receive the evidence and testimony of the Chief of Police and other interested persons concerning the existence, location and condition of the vehicle. After the hearing, the City Manager may authorize and order the vehicle removed by the city in accordance with provisions of this subchapter.
(B) The City Manager shall make his or her order in the form of a written order which declares the vehicle to be a public nuisance. The order may order the removal of more than one vehicle and may consolidate the hearings and orders relating to more than one vehicle. The persons receiving the notice specified in § 91.53 of this chapter shall be sent copies of the written order of the City Manager.
(C) The City Manager may impose conditions and take such other action as he or she considers appropriate under the circumstances in order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The City Manager may delay the time for removal of the vehicle when, in the City Manager’s opinion, the circumstances justify it. The City Manager shall refuse to order the removal of the vehicle when the vehicle, in the opinion of the City Manager, is not subject to the provisions of this subchapter. The City Manager shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence in the conduct of the hearing.
(Prior Code, § 5.10.060) (Ord. 204, passed 12-2-1991; Ord. 304, passed 1-21-2003)