The City maintains the right to dispose of all property that it removes from public and private property through abatement procedures set forth in this chapter. Upon seizure of the property constituting the nuisance, the City will inventory the property, and the City Administrator or their designee will determine whether the items seized have any reasonable value, in excess of City costs to store and dispose of the property. If, after inventory, the City Administrator or their designee makes a determination that no reasonable value of the property exists or that destruction of the property is necessary to abate the nuisance, the property shall be destroyed. If the City Administrator or their designee, however, determines such destruction is not necessary and there is reasonable value remaining in the property, the property shall be sold. The amount of money received as a result of any sale, if any, shall be applied against the costs incurred by the City in the abatement, including without limitation the cost of the removal, storage, handling, destruction, disposal, staff time, legal, and other consulting fees. Any balance remaining after such reimbursement to the City, if any, shall be remitted to the property owner.
(Ord. 2020-01, passed 1-6-2020; Ord. 2020-02, passed 4-13-2020; Ord. 2021-07, passed 6-28-2021)