§ 13.32.080 — Removal—General

13.32.080 - Removal—General.

(A) All unauthorized encroachments or obstructions upon any public street or highway, public alley or public easement in the City, including abandoned and unregistered motor vehicles, where provision for removal is not otherwise prescribed, shall be removed by the City Manager, or his designee, and the cost of such removal shall be a debt to the City and shall be paid prior to the release of the property or vehicle causing the encroachment or obstruction. The Metropolitan Police Department shall report all such encroachments and obstructions to the City Manager. (B) The City Manager shall not cause the removal of any encroachment or obstruction, including any abandoned or unregistered vehicle, as prescribed in Subsection (A) of this Section, until he has given the owner of such property causing the obstruction or encroachment twenty-four hours prior written notice to remove it. In the event the owner cannot be ascertained by reasonable efforts, the written notice shall be attached to or posted on the obstruction or encroachment and the period of notification shall begin to run upon such posting.

(Ord. 6024 § 2, 2009: Ord. 2051 § 1, 1979: Ord. 1882 § 1, 1977: prior code § 9-12-8)