Villa Park Municipal Code Art. 19-10 Abandoned Vehicles

a. No person shall abandon a vehicle upon public or private property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property.

b. The abandonment of any vehicle in a manner as provided in paragraph a. shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the last registered owner of record, not having complied with the provisions of Section 5900 of the California Vehicle Code, which deals with notice of sale or transfer by owners, is responsible for such abandonment and is thereby liable for the cost of removal and disposition of the vehicle.

c. It shall be a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been abandoned if it is parked at a set location for a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours.

(Ord. #80-299, § 15; Ord. #83-326, § 15)

Any member of the California Highway Patrol or any regularly employed and salaried Deputy Sheriff or any regularly and salaried police officer or other employee of the City designated to perform this function by the City Council, in which a vehicle is located who has reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicle has been abandoned, may remove the vehicle from a highway or from public or private property and shall hold the owner, as determined in subsection 19-2.1 liable for the cost of such removal and disposition.

(Ord. #80-299, § 16; Ord. #83-326, § 16)