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17.08.180 CAMPER SHELLS, VEHICLE PARTS, DEBRIS BOXES ON STREETS PROHIBITED.

(a) It is unlawful to place or leave a camper shell or vehicle part on a street.

(b) Except pursuant to a permit under Section 17.08.070, it is unlawful to place or leave a debris box on a street.

(c) The Police Department may cause removal from a street, at the owner's expense, of any camper shell, vehicle part, or unpermitted debris box. The person engaged by the Department to effect the removal shall have a possessory lien for the reasonable cost of removing and storing the shell, part or box, and shall promptly ascertain the name and address of the owner and bill the owner for such cost by certified mail, return receipt requested, and having done so is authorized to sell the shell, part or box at private sale if the bill is not paid within 60 days after the billing, any sum received at such sale in excess of said reasonable cost to be remitted to the owner. A copy of this section shall be enclosed with the bill.