(a) Any vehicle impounded under this Chapter of these Celina Codified Ordinances which is not released pursuant to Section 523.13 of these Celina Codified Ordinances within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of impoundment, excluding the first day of such impoundment, or upon the expiration of all administrative and/or legal appeals of any decision associated with this Chapter of these Celina Codified Ordinances, whichever occurs later shall be known as an “unclaimed vehicle”, and any such vehicle shall fully and conclusively be deemed abandoned for all purposes under law, including but not limited to for the purpose of ascertaining whether the City has engaged in a “taking” of such property under the United States Constitution and the Ohio Constitution.
(b) The Police Department shall dispose of all such unclaimed motor vehicles in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 4513.62.
(c) All affidavits used to facilitate the disposal of unclaimed motor vehicles shall be approved by the registrar of motor vehicles and the Director of Law of the City.
(Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)