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Ten days after the mailing of the notice of intention to abate specified in Section 10.60.070; ten days after the date of mailing of the order of the chief of police specified in Section 10.60.080; or ten days after the action of the
City Council
authorizing removal following an appeal as specified in Section 10.60.090, the vehicle or part thereof may be disposed of by removal to a scrapyard or automobile dismantler's yard. After a vehicle has been removed it shall not thereafter be reconstructed or made operable unless it is a vehicle which qualifies for either horseless carriage license plates or historical vehicle license plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the California Vehicle Code, in which case the vehicle may be reconstructed or made operable. (Ord. 502 § 2(part), 1987).
Within five days after the date of removal of the vehicle or part thereof, notice shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state of California identifying the vehicle or part thereof removed. At the same time there shall be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles, any evidence of registration available, including registration certificates, certificates of title and license plates. (Ord. 502 § 2 (part), 1987).
If the administrative costs and the cost of removal which are charged against the owner of a parcel of land pursuant to this chapter are not paid within thirty days of the removal of the vehicle or part thereof, the costs shall, by resolution of the
City Council
, be assessed; become a lien against the parcel of land and be collected by the tax collector in the same manner as taxes upon real property. (Ord. 502 § 2 (part), 1987).
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to abandon, park, store, or leave or permit the abandonment, parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed vehicle or part thereof which is in any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative condition upon any private property or public property not including highways within the city for a period in excess of fifteen days unless the vehicle or part thereof is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not plainly visible from the street or other public or private property, or unless the vehicle is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard. (Ord. 502 § 2(part), 1987).
It shall be unlawful and an infraction for the last owner of record of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle stored in any storage facility operated by any person, firm or corporation pursuant to a franchise agreement with the city to fail to remove such vehicle from the storage facility within a period of ten days after the date of the mailing, by certified mail, to such registered and/or legal owner of such vehicle, of a notice informing each owner of the following:
A. The location of the facility in which the vehicle is stored;
B. The license number or other identifying description of the vehicle;
C. The address and telephone number of the person to be contacted to arrange for the removal or permanent storage of the vehicle;
D. That it is a violation of Chapter 10.60 of the municipal code of the city and an infraction to fail to remove the vehicle from the franchised storage facility described in the notice or to fail to arrange for the permanent storage of the vehicle in such storage facility within a period of ten days after the date of the mailing of the notice. (Ord. 502 § 2 (part), 1987).
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