(A) It is unlawful for any person to abandon any vehicle on public or private property.

(B) Evidence that a vehicle was left unattended on public property for a period of forty-eight (48) hours, or on private property other than the private property of the vehicle owner for a period of seventy-two (72) hours, shall be prima facie evidence of abandonment.

(C) Members of the police department so authorized by the chief of police may remove or cause to be removed any abandoned vehicle.

(D) Upon removal, the abandoned vehicle shall be inventoried by a police officer designated by the chief of police and certified to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

(E) After the vehicle is inventoried it shall be disposed of pursuant to A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 11, Articles 1, 2, and 3 (A.R.S. § 28-4801 et seq.). (Ord. No. 2005-24, §§ 1, 2, 9-6-05. 1976 Code § 10-1-2)