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Five days after adoption of an order declaring the vehicle or vehicle parts to be a public nuisance, or five days from the date of mailing of notice of the decision if such notice is required by Section 5.9, the vehicle or vehicle parts, shall be removed and disposed of in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Any vehicle or vehicle part that is removed pursuant to this Article must be removed to an automobile dismantler's yard to be disposed of as scrap, and may not be reconstructed or made operable unless it qualifies for horseless carriage or historical vehicle license plates pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 5004.
(Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
Within five days after the date of removal of the vehicle or vehicle parts, the Director of Public Health shall give notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or vehicle parts removed and any identifying information available, including vehicle identification number, certificates of registration or title or license plates.
(Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
If the administrative fee and the cost of removal charged against the property owner pursuant to Section 5.7 are not paid within 30 days of the date of the order, such costs shall be assessed against the parcel of land pursuant to Government Code Section 25845 and shall be transmitted to the Tax Collector for collection. Said assessment shall have the priority as other City taxes.
(Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)
There is hereby created in the General Fund a continuing appropriation account entitled "The Abandoned Vehicle Abatement and Removal Fund." This account shall be credited with such sums as may be appropriated by the Board of Supervisors, amounts collected by the Director of Public Health or the Director of Transportation, sums received in payment of special assessments and moneys received from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 9250.7. Expenditures from said Fund shall be made to pay for the abatement and removal of nuisances pursuant to this Article. All moneys received from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund shall be segregated and used only for abatement, removal and disposal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof. In the event that the unexpended balance in said account, excluding moneys received from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund, shall exceed $200,000, such excess shall be transferred to the unappropriated balance of the General Fund.
(Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008)