Sec. 10-28. - Vehicles abandoned in commercial garages.

Any motor vehicle left for more than ten days in garages operated for commercial purposes after notice by registered mail, returned receipt requested, to the owner to pick up the vehicle, or for more than ten days after the period when, pursuant to contract, the vehicle was to remain on the premises, and any motor vehicle left for more than ten days in such garage by someone other than the registered owner or left by a person authorized to have possession of the motor vehicle, shall be deemed an abandoned vehicle and shall be reported by the garagekeeper to the police department. All abandoned vehicles left in garages may be taken into custody by the police department and sold in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article unless the motor vehicle is reclaimed and the garagekeeper is paid. The proceeds of the sale shall be first applied to the garagekeeper's charges for storage and any surplus proceeds shall be distributed in accordance with section 10-33. For the purpose of this section garagekeeper means any operator of a parking place establishment or motor vehicle storage facility.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 10-27.1)