Sec. 18-8. - Required notices.

Not less than a ten-day notice of intention to abate and remove a vehicle or part thereof as a public nuisance shall be required prior to abatement and removal, unless the property owner and the owner of the vehicle have signed releases authorizing removal and waiving further interest in the vehicle or part thereof. Such notice shall contain a statement of the hearing rights of the owner of the property on which the vehicle is located and the owner of the vehicle. The statement shall include notice to the property owner that he may appear in person at a hearing or may present a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle of the land, and that he or she has not subsequently acquiesced to the presence of the vehicle, with his reasons for such denial, in lieu of appearing. If the county abandoned vehicle hearing officer determines at the hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the consent of the landowner and that he or she has not subsequently acquiesced to its presence, then the county abandoned hearing officer shall not assess costs of administration or removal of the vehicle against the property upon which the vehicle is located or otherwise attempt to collect those costs from the landowner. The notice of intention to abate shall be mailed, by registered or certified mail, to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to the last registered and legal owner of record unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine ownership.

(Ord. No. 1806, § 4; Ord. No. 6023, § I, 3-19-2013.)