§ 152-6. Vehicles abandoned in garages.

A. 

Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or part thereof left for more than ten (10) days in a garage operated for commercial purposes after notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner to pick up the vehicle, or for more than ten (10) days after the period when, pursuant to contract, the vehicle was to remain on the premises, shall be deemed an abandoned motor vehicle and may be reported by the garage keeper to the County.

B. 

All abandoned motor vehicles left in garages may be taken into custody by the County in accordance with § 152-3 of this chapter and shall be subject to the notice and sale provisions contained in §§ 152-4 and 152-5 herein, provided that if the vehicle is reclaimed pursuant to § 152-4, the person reclaiming it shall pay the reasonable charges of the garage keeper, in addition to the other charges required to be paid; and provided, further, that if the vehicle is sold pursuant to § 154-5, any garage keeper's charges shall be paid from, and to the extent of, the excess proceeds of sale after paying the expenses of the auction, the costs of towing, preserving and storing the vehicle which resulted from placing the vehicle in custody and all notice and publication costs incurred pursuant to § 154-4.

C. 

For purposes of this section, "garage keeper" means any operator of a parking place, motor vehicle storage facility or establishment of the servicing, repair or maintenance of motor vehicles.