(A) Removal. Whenever any police officer finds an abandoned motor vehicle or junk motor vehicle on public property, he or she shall place written notice on the vehicle that it will be removed to a garage or place of safety unless the owner removes the vehicle from public property within 24 hours of the giving of the notice. After the expiration of the 24-hour period, the vehicle may be removed by the removal agency to a garage or place of safety. Nothing herein precludes the Police Department from immediately removing a motor vehicle which causes an obstruction or hazard to traffic.
(Prior Code, § 8.04.040)
(B) Notice to owner. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to notify, by certified mail, the registered owner and, if encumbered, the lienholder of the removal, storage, and present location of any motor vehicle removed under the provisions of this chapter and that the vehicle can be recovered by payment of costs and fines incident to its removal and storage.
(Prior Code, § 8.04.050)
(Ord. 86-6, passed - -)