Any vehicle in violation of this chapter shall be removed and impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of under the provisions of §
432-3.
Any abandoned vehicle impounded by the Village which has not
been reclaimed or junked or sold by direct sale to a licensed salvage
dealer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be sold by public
auction sale or public sale calling for the receipt of sealed bids.
A Class 1 notice, including the description of the vehicles, the name(s)
and address(es) of the Wisconsin titled owner and secured party of
record, if known, and the time of sale shall be published before the
sale.
Within five days after the direct sale or disposal of a vehicle
as provided for herein, an enforcement official shall advise the State
of Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles,
of such sale or disposal on a form supplied by said Division. A copy
of the form shall be given to the purchaser of the vehicle enabling
the purchaser to obtain a regular certificate of title for the vehicle.
The purchaser shall have 10 days to remove the vehicle from the storage
area but shall pay a reasonable storage fee established by the Village for each day the vehicle remains in storage after the
second business day subsequent to the sale date. Ten days after the
sale the purchaser shall forfeit all interest in the vehicle and the
vehicle shall be deemed to be abandoned and may be sold again. Any
listing of vehicles to be sold by the Village shall be made available
to any interested person or organization which makes a written request
for such list to the Village. The Village may charge a reasonable
fee for the list.
In the event of any conflict between this section and any other
provisions of this Village Code, this chapter shall control.