10.94.030: NOTICE OF REMOVAL:
Whenever it comes to the attention of the city manager or his/her designee or the police chief that any nuisance, as defined in this chapter, appears to exist on public property, he/she shall cause a written notice to be affixed to the wrecked or inoperable motor vehicle or inoperable trailer, declaring the existence of the nuisance and ordering whomsoever has an interest in the wrecked or inoperable motor vehicle or inoperable trailer to comply with this chapter by removing the vehicle or trailer within seventy two (72) hours of the notice. If such nuisance is found to exist on private property, the city manager or his/her designee or the police chief shall cause the notice to be affixed and, in addition to the affixed notice, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the owner and/or occupant of such private property; if a copy of this notice cannot be delivered to the owner and/or occupant, a copy of the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the such private property, with a duplicate copy sent to the owner and/or occupant of the such private property by certified mail, return receipt requested. The city manager or his/her designee or the police chief may also provide notice of removal of a wrecked or inoperable motor vehicle or inoperable trailer by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (Ord. 1735 § 1, 1998)