(a) The department may take into its custody and impound any bicycle from a public way or publicly owned property within the city limits when:
(1) It is unregistered, improperly registered, or not displaying a license as required by this article.
(2) It is being driven and is deemed to be in an unsafe condition as described in this article or not properly equipped as required in this article.
(3) Is deemed to have been abandoned.
(4) It is improperly parked and creating a hazard as described in this article.
(5) It is deemed that the identifying number has been defaced, destroyed or altered.
(b) When a bicycle is impounded and the department knows or is able to ascertain its owner, the department shall within ten days give notice to such owner of the fact of impoundment and reasons for the impoundment.
(c) An unlicensed bicycle shall not be released prior to proof of ownership and the purchase of a bicycle license.
(d) Bicycles and parts of such bicycles that are not claimed by the lawful owner shall, 30 days following impoundment, become the property of the city and may be sold at public sale.
(e) Moneys received from the sales of unclaimed bicycles shall be held 30 days following the sale to satisfy a possible claim of a bicycle sold at the sale.
(Ord. No. 108, §§ 3.303, 3.304, 6-16-1980)