If any vehicle is found parked in violation of this chapter the police department is authorized to forthwith with-out giving any notice to the owners or possessors thereof to have said vehicle impounded and hauled from said location to a location designated by the police department and the owner or person having had said vehicle in his possession shall before taking possession of said vehicle pay all charges for a wrecker for removing said vehicle and hauling said vehicle and charges of storage on said vehicle. Said wrecker, hauling, and storage charges shall be deemed a lien upon said vehicle impounded and said vehicle may be sold at public auction by the city after giving the notice as required herein and from the sale thereof the city shall retain the amount of charges incurred by them for storage, wrecker service, or hauling of said vehicle. After a vehicle has been impounded by the police department, said department shall within a reasonable time give written notice to the owner or reputed owner thereof or possessor or reputed possessor thereof, as can be determined by the police department and said notice shall be mailed in the U.S. postal department. If the owners or reputed owners or possessors or reputed possessors thereof do not within ten days from the date of said notice pay to the police department the charges for hauling, wrecker service, and storage of said vehicle and take possession of said vehicle, then and in that event the police department shall give notice, to be published one time in the official newspaper of the city, stating that said vehicle will be sold at public sale within ten days from date of publication of said notice, and said notice shall state the time and place of sale. The city shall retain from the sale price of said vehicle sufficient monies to pay for the notice of publication and the other charges as indicated above in this section. If said vehicle is redeemed prior to the date of sale, but subsequent to the date of publication, then the individual redeeming said vehicle shall also pay to the city the cost of publication. A copy of said notice of sale shall be served upon the owner or reputed owner or possessor or reputed possessor of said vehicle if they reside within the city limits and be known to the police department. Said notice of sale shall be served at least three days prior to the date of sale if the owner or reputed owner or possessor or reputed possessor is known to the police department at that time or prior thereto. If the owner or possessor or reputed possessor of said vehicle lives outside the city limits, then a copy of said notice of sale shall be sent to said person via U.S. postal service with postage prepaid. In the event said vehicle is sold at public auction as indicated herein, then the charges as indicated above that are due the city shall be retained by the city and any amount in excess thereof shall be sent to the owner or reputed owner of said vehicle by U.S. postal service with postage prepaid at their last known address and if said owner or reputed owner is unknown to the police department, then said funds shall be held by the city and shall be dealt with after they have been held by the city clerk for a period of ten days in accordance with the state laws relative to lost property.
(Ord. 329 § 4, 1956)