[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
(a) 
No person shall abandon any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home on any highway or public or private property within the City.
(b) 
A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home shall be deemed abandoned within the meaning of this article, and shall constitute a public nuisance, in any of the following situations:
(1) 
Whenever any such vehicle is left unattended on any highway or public or private property within the City for such time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle to reasonably appear to have been abandoned;
(2) 
Whenever any such vehicle is disassembled, inoperable, unlicensed, junked or wrecked and is stored or allowed to remain in the open upon public or private property within the City for a seventy-two-hour period following written notification by the Police Department or Building Inspector's office. The written notification shall be on forms prescribed by the Police Department and Building Inspector's office. The written notification shall be served on the owner of the real property where the vehicle is located and mailed to the last known address of the vehicle owner, if different than the owner of the real property; or
(3) 
Whenever any such vehicle has been allowed to remain standing on any highway or public property in the City for more than 48 hours after a notice of parking violation has been placed on the vehicle.
(c) 
Any mail notices will be sent pursuant to W.S.A., § 342.40.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
The Chief of Police, Building Inspector or any person acting on their behalf is authorized to remove and impound, or cause to be removed and impounded, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home which is abandoned in violation of this article. Whenever the charges for removal and storage are paid; such vehicle shall be released to its owner. Whenever a citation upon which removal and storage is authorized is released by the Chief of Police, Building Inspector or their duly authorized representatives, or whenever the charge for which a citation upon which removal and storage is authorized is dismissed by the court, the Chief of Police, Building Inspector or their duly authorized representative shall release the vehicle without payment of charges for removal and storage and shall refund any charge for removal and storage of such vehicle which shall have been previously paid. The owner of the vehicle is entitled to an informal hearing before the Chief of Police, Building Inspector or their duly authorized representative concerning the amount of accrued towing and storage charges. Any such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed and disposed of under Section 74-13.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home removed and impounded under this article shall be subject to the reclamation and disposal provisions set forth in W.S.A. § 342.40.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
(a) 
The owner of any abandoned vehicle, except a stolen vehicle, is responsible for the abandonment and all costs of impounding, storage and disposing the vehicle. Costs not recovered by the sale of the vehicle may be recovered in a civil action by the City against the owner.
(b) 
Whenever a vehicle is towed at the request of a City agency, the owner, on claiming such vehicle, shall pay the towing fee, plus administrative costs of $25.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
(a) 
Storage costs shall be charged at the rate of $10 per day for impounded abandoned vehicles.
(b) 
The owner of a vehicle impounded and stored as evidence, or pending a court jurisdiction, is responsible for the costs of storing and disposing of the vehicle once the vehicle is no longer needed as evidence or the court case has been adjudicated. Storage costs shall be charged at the rate of $10 per day to commence 24 hours after the owner has received official notification that the vehicle can be released to the rightful owner.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
Within five days after the sale or disposal of a vehicle, as provided in W.S.A. § 342.40, the Chief of Police or his duly authorized representative shall advise the State Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, or such sale or disposition on a form supplied by the Division. A copy of such form shall also be given to the purchaser of the vehicle. A copy shall also be retained on file in the City.
[Ord. No. 98-2, 3-9-1998]
Any person who shall abandon a vehicle in violation of this article shall, upon conviction forfeit not less than $25 or more than $500.