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23-46, he/she shall make diligent search and inquiry to <br />determine the record owner of the land, and lien holder of the <br />land upon which the vehicle is located, and shall notify such <br />owner and lien holder, in writing by mail directed to his last <br />known address, that he/she has found such violation and the <br />nature thereof. The director shall also place on the <br />windshield of the vehicle a brightly colored placard which <br />shall serve as notice to the land owner, the lien holder, <br />and/or the owner of the vehicle of the fact that said vehicle <br />is inoperative as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 23-46. <br />The notice shall require such owner to cause the vehicle to be <br />removed from the property forthwith and taken to an authorized <br />place of storage. The mailing of such notice shall be proof <br />thereof, and the posting or delivery of notice shall be <br />equivalen5 to mailing. <br /> <br /> 3. That Section 23-49 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), be amended and reordained <br />as follows: <br /> <br />to read <br /> <br />Section 23-49. Removal by owner. <br /> <br /> The owner of the property on which the same ms stored or <br />located or the owner of the vehicle or either of them shall <br />remove the vehicle within ten (10) days of the date of mailing <br />or service of the notice as provided in Section 23-48. <br /> <br /> 4. That Section 23-50 (a) <br />of Portsmouth, Virgmnla (1988), <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />and (b) of the Code of the City <br />be amended and reordained to <br /> <br />Section 23J50. Removal by city. <br /> <br />(a) If the violation described in the notice given <br />pursuant to Section 23-48 has not been remedied within ten <br />(10) days after the mailing or service thereof, by posting or <br />delivery, the director, shall have the right to remove the <br />vehicle from the premises and dispose of the vehicle. All <br />costs incurred in the removal and disposal of such vehicle <br />shall be chargeable to the owner of the vehicle or to the owner <br />of the premises from which it was removed and may be collected <br />as taxes and levies are collected. <br /> <br /> (b) Ail costs incurred under this section shall be <br />docketed as a lien against the property on which the nuisance <br />occurred in the manner prescribed in Section 23-5, and shall <br />rank on a parity with liens for unpaid real estate taxes, which <br />lien shall remain in effect until removed by payment in full of <br />such costs.~ <br /> <br /> <br />