§ 12-55. Storage fees.

The county sheriff's department or its designated agent shall be entitled to charge and collect reasonable storage fees for abandoned and junked vehicles removed and stored pursuant to this division. Such fees shall be established by the city council and, absent the city council having established such fees, the county sheriff's department. Such fees may be charged beginning the day the vehicle is taken into custody as follows: (a) for a period of up to ten (10) days prior to the date of the mailing of written notice pursuant to this division; and (b) beginning on the day after written notice is mailed until the vehicle is reclaimed or disposed of pursuant to this division. If any such vehicle is stored with a garage keeper, the county sheriff's department shall not charge an additional fee for any day that the garage keeper charges a fee.

(Ord. No. 2006-19, § 3, 11-13-2006)