Upon the declaration of certain conditions and acts to be a public nuisance in violation of city code and, if the City Council requires such conditions to be abated, the council may order the property constituting the nuisance to be removed, destroyed or disposed of, to ensure the termination of the nuisance. Upon seizure of the property constituting the nuisance, the city will inventory the property, and the City Administrator or the City Administrator's 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 his or her 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 his or her 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 cost of abatement, including all costs incurred by the city in the abatement, including without limitation the cost of the removal, storage, handling, destruction and disposal thereof, all 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. 2014-14, passed 12-1-2014)