When the Chief of Police ascertains that an abandoned motor vehicle is parked, stored or left upon lots or lands within the Municipality, he shall cause written notice and demand to be served upon the owner, lessee or bailee of a motor vehicle or owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such lots or lands that such vehicle shall be removed from such premises within forty- eight hours after the service of such notice. If the owner or other person having charge of the lands is a nonresident whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by registered mail, if the address of the owner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Cuyahoga County. Any police officer of the Municipality may make service and return of the notice provided for in this section.
The forty-eight hour period as prescribed herein shall be deemed to commence from the day of the service or the date of publication, if any.
If the person notified fails to remove such motor vehicle within the time prescribed by this section, the City shall remove or cause to be removed such motor vehicle and dispose of the same according to Section 303.11. All expenses and costs of removal and/or disposal shall be charged against the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner of the lots or lands upon which such motor vehicle is parked, stored or left, or both, and shall be in addition to any fine, cost or penalty for which the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner of such lots or lands may have become liable.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1987-61. Passed 7-21-87.)