(a) Unclaimed motor vehicles, trailers, or recreational vehicles ordered into storage pursuant to Sections 359.02 and 359.03 shall be disposed of at the order of the Chief of Police to a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility as defined in Section 359.01, or to any other facility owned by or under contract with the City, for the disposal of such motor vehicles, trailers, or recreational vehicles or shall be sold by the Chief of Police, or licensed auctioneer at public auction, after giving notice thereof by advertisement, published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. Any moneys accruing from the disposition of an unclaimed motor vehicle, trailer, or recreational vehicle, that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle, trailer, or recreational vehicle shall be credited to the General Fund of the City.
(1) To a marine salvage dealer;
(2) To any other facility owned, operated, or under contract with the state or the county, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision;
(3) To a charitable organization, religious organization, or similar organization not used and operated for profit;
(4) By sale at public auction by the chief or an auctioneer licensed under Chapter 4707 of the Revised Code, after giving notice to the auction by advertisement, published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(c) Any moneys accruing from the disposition of an unclaimed vessel that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vessel shall be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation, as appropriate.
(d) As used in this section, “charitable organization” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 1716.01.
(Ord. 45-05. Passed 4-25-05.)