The owner of any abandoned vehicle, except a stolen vehicle, is responsible for the abandonment and all costs of impounding and disposing of the vehicle. Costs not recovered for the sale of the vehicle may be recovered in a civil action by the village against the owner. Where the identity of the owner is unknown, or the Chief of Police otherwise so elects, and where the removal of the vehicle is from private property, the owner of the private property premises shall be responsible for all costs of impounding and disposing of the vehicle and otherwise eliminating any nuisance caused by such vehicle.
(1999 Code, § 91.18) (Ord. 131, passed 11-6-1995)