§ 18-226. Removal of vehicle; impoundment; claim.

Within ten days after notice has been delivered to the owner or occupant of the premises on which an abandoned or junked vehicle is located, if a hearing is not requested, or, if a hearing is requested, within ten days after an order requiring the removal of such vehicle has been served upon or delivered to the owner or occupant of the premises on which such vehicle is located, the chief of police or members of the police department acting under the direction of the chief of police may, if the nuisance has not been abated, remove or cause to be removed such vehicle to a suitable city storage area designated by the chief of police. Such vehicle shall be stored in such storage area for a period of not less than ten days, during which period any party owning or claiming any right, title or interest therein shall be entitled to claim possession of same by the payment to the city of the actual cost of the city in abating such nuisance. The chief of police may, in such cases, if he deems it necessary, require such person to post bond as currently established or as hereafter adopted by resolution of the city council from time to time, conditioned that such person shall not use the vehicle to create another nuisance in the city.

(Code 1978, § 12-11; Code 1993, § 30-221)