If any property seized or taken possession of by the police force, shall be of a perishable nature or so bulky or of such nature as to make it dangerous or inadvisable to retain possession thereof, for the length of time specified in Section 2-84-160, the custodian, upon certifying such fact to the superintendent of police, and setting forth his reasons why such property should not be retained for the period hereinabove fixed before disposing of same, shall with the approval of the superintendent of police cause such property, if deemed by the custodian to be salable, to be advertised forthwith in a daily newspaper of the city, and shall sell such property at public auction at any time after three days have elapsed from the seizure or taking possession thereof, except if any such property be deemed to be unsalable or dangerous, it shall be disposed of as refuse or in such other reasonable manner as may be deemed by the custodian.
(Prior code § 11-18)