(A) It shall be unlawful for the registered owner or person controlling or entitled to possession of a motor vehicle and for the owner, lessee or occupant of the real property upon which the vehicle is located to leave or not remove the vehicle from the property after it has been declared a nuisance vehicle.
(B) Upon reasonable cause to believe that there is a health or safety hazard or a nuisance vehicle as defined in this chapter, the Enforcement Officer, or his or her designee, may so declare, and upon not less than ten days’ notice to the owner of the vehicle and occupant and owner of the property on which said condition exists is located, the Enforcement Officer shall determine whether or not such nuisance does, in fact, exist. If the Enforcement Officer makes a determination that a health or safety hazard or public nuisance exists, he or she shall enter and serve upon the owner and occupant an order to remove, abate or remedy the nuisance within a reasonable period of time, but not more than 90 days. In situations where the name and address are unknown, notices shall be given by affixation for seven days on the windshield of or some other conspicuous place on the vehicle.
(C) Such order may be appealed by the owner or occupant to the Village Manager if requested within 72 hours of the time the relevant vehicle’s owner was notified, subject to § 71.08 of this chapter.
(D) Upon failure of the owner or occupant of the property or of the person responsible for such vehicle to remove, abate or remedy the health or safety hazard or nuisance within the period the officer has allowed, and upon no appeal to the Village Manager, the Enforcement Officer may remove, abate or remedy the nuisance as provided in the order and charge the cost thereof to the owners of the vehicle and property and to the occupant of the property. If such expense is not paid by such owners or occupant, it shall be a lien upon the land or on the premises where the public health or safety hazard or nuisance existed and shall be collected as unpaid taxes.
(Ord. R-2019.10, passed 8-20-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99