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Sec. 23-48. Notice to remove. (a) If the director finds any inoperative motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer kept or stored in violation of section 23-46, he/she shall make diligent search and inquiry to determine the record owner of the land upon which the vehicle is located, and shall notify such owner, in writing by mail directed to his last known mailing address, that he/she has found such violation and the nature thereof. The director may also place on the vehicle a brightly colored placard which shall serve as notice to the land owner, and/or the owner of the vehicle of the fact that such vehicle is inoperative as defined in paragraph (a) of section 23-46. The notice shall require such owner to cause the vehicle m be removed from the property forthwith and taken to an authorized place of storage. The mailing of such notice shall be proof thereof, and the posting or delivery of notice shall be equivalent to mailing. (b) If the mailing address of the owner of the land upon which the vehicle is located is not known, and the owner has no agent in the city, such notice shall be posted upon such land as notice to the owner thereof. Sec. 23-50. Removal by city. (a) If the violation described in the notice given pursuant to section 23-48 has not been remedied within ten (10) days after the mailing or service thereof, by posting or delivery, the director, shall have the right to remove the vehicle from the premises and dispose of the vehicle. All costs incurred in the removal and disposal of such vehicle including a $100.00 tone hundred dollarl administrative fee per vehicle shall be chargeable to the owner of the vehicle or to the owner of the premises from which it was removed and may be collected as taxes and levies are collected. (b) All costs incurred under this section shall be docketed as a lien against the property on which the nuisance occurred in the manner prescribed in section 23-5, which lien shall remain in effect until removed by payment in full of such costs. (c) Any inoperative vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be disposed of in the following manner. ....... When a vehicle is removed by the City of Portsmouth, or its contractors, the owner of the premises and vehicle shall be notified in writing by Manager of Vehicle Services of the tow and location of the vehicle. This notice shall set forth the requirements for the release of the vehicle and the date the vehicle will be disposed of if not claimed and properly removed. After the date of disposal has passed the Manager of Vehicle Services shall dispose of the vehicle at public auction or if the vehicle fails to be sold at public auction he may dispose of the vehicle in any manner that removes the vehicle from the compound and permanently disposes of the vehicle. A $50.00 (fifty dollar) fee per vehicle sold shall be added to the towing, administrative fee and storage charges for the disposal of the vehicle. Any proceeds from the public auction shall be used to offset any charges incurred in the removal, storage, auction and disposal of the vehicle. Should the funds realized from the auction of the vehicle be insufficient to cover all charges, the remaining balance shall be placed as a lien against the property