Whenever a police officer causes the removal of a vehicle from a street, as authorized in this chapter, and the police officer knows, or is able to ascertain from the registration records of the department of motor vehicle, the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give, or cause to be given, notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds thereof, and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. A copy of such notice shall be given to the towing company in charge of the facility wherein the vehicle is stored. When the police officer, removing a vehicle from a street as herein provided, does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to that owner within a period of seventy-two hours, then and in that event, the officer shall immediately send, or cause to be sent, written report of such removal by mail to the department of motor vehicles at Sacramento and shall file a copy of such notice with the towing company and the facility in which the vehicle may be stored. Such report shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal and the name of the facility where the vehicle is stored. (Ord. 1663 NCS §1 (part), 1986.)