A. Any Algona police officer may inspect and certify that a vehicle meets the requirements of a junk vehicle. The officer making the certification shall record the make and vehicle identification number or license number of the vehicle if available, and shall also describe in detail the damage or missing equipment to verify that the value of the vehicle is equivalent only to the value of scrap in it.

B. If the officer determines that a vehicle is a junk vehicle, the officer shall provide notice to the last registered owner of record of the vehicle shown on the records of the Washington State Department of Licensing and the property owner of record of the property upon which the vehicle is located, by certified mail, with a five-day return receipt requested, that a hearing on the abatement of the junk vehicle as a public nuisance may be requested and that if no hearing is requested within 15 days of the date of the mailing of the notice, the vehicle will be removed.

C. If a written request for a hearing is received within 15 days, a notice, giving the time, location, and date of the hearing on the question of abatement and removal of the vehicle or part thereof, as a public nuisance shall be mailed, by certified mail, with a five-day return receipt requested to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and the last registered and legal owner of record unless a vehicle is in such condition that identification number are not available to determine ownership.

D. The hearing shall be conducted at a hearing before a duly appointed hearing examiner at least two weeks after the date of mailing the notice of hearing. (Ord. 792 § 1, 1995).