§ 54-232. Removal of abandoned property.
(a)
If at the end of ten days after posting such notice the owner or any person interested in such abandoned property described in the notice has not removed same, the enforcement officer may cause the article or articles of abandoned property to be removed and destroyed; and the salvaged value, if any, of such article or articles shall be retained by the local government to be applied against the cost of removal and destruction thereof.
(b)
Before sale or destruction, any owner or lienholder of the abandoned property shall be permitted to regain possession thereof upon proof of ownership or lien rights entitling the lienholder to possession, upon payment of storage charges and all expenses incurred by the enforcement officer.
(Ord. No. 81-73, § 7)