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. mailing of such notice shall be proof thereof, and the posting or delivery of such 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. (c) In the event that an inoperable motor vehicle is returned to the subject property after removal pursuant to the notice requirement in (a) above, and all cited violations have not been corrected, a continuing violation will be deemed to exist. No further notice or other action shall be required on the part of the city prior to the towing of the vehicle from the site, and the assessment of all allowed costs and fees. 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, posting or delivery of such notice, 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 one hundred dollar ($100.00) 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 inoperable 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 the vehicle shall be notified in writing by the manager of vehicle services of the tow and the location of the vehicle. This notice shall set forth the requirement for the release of the vehicle and the date the vehicle will be disposed of if it is not claimed and properly removed. After the date of disposal has passed, the manager of vehicle services shall dispose of the vehicle at a 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 fifty dollar ($50.00) 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 from which it was removed as provided in this section. . (d) Where the owner of the property has been assessed with the cost of removal of an inoperable motor vehicle as defined in this chapter, there shall be placed a