12.25.060 Impounding of Vehicles and Junk and Abandoned Vehicles.
(a) The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place within the City which reasonably appears to be in violation of any regulation or ordinance or lost, stolen, or unclaimed. Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Where an abandoned, junk, wrecked, non-operating, illegally parked or discarded vehicle presents no obstruction or hazard and is properly registered and licensed, so that the owner or other interested persons can be notified, the City Manager, or designee shall give notice by personal service or certified mail with return receipt requested to the owner and/or interested person stating:
(1) A description of the vehicle;
(2) The violation or reason for police action;
(3) The proposed action to be taken;
(4) The right of the person notified to a hearing with, and an opportunity to be heard by the City Manager or designee in order that the proposed action or amount due may be contested;
(5) That said vehicle will be towed, impounded, and/or disposed of if unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days after notice is sent.
(c) Where an abandoned, junk, wrecked, non-operating, illegally parked, or discarded vehicle presents an obstruction or hazard, or an emergency exists, and said vehicle is impounded or towed, notice of the type, and to the extent, set forth in KMC 12.25.060 shall be given as soon as practical after towing or impound.
(d) Where the owner or other interested person cannot be readily ascertained, notice by publication shall be given subsequent to towing or impound and prior to sale or other disposal.
(Ord. 2863-2015)