(a) Unclaimed motor vehicles left on private or public property and ordered into storage and which are in storage for six consecutive days shall be disposed of after notice is sent by certified mail to the titled owner. If said owner has not responded within thirty days, the unclaimed motor vehicle shall be disposed of at the order of the Police Division to a motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.05 or to any other facility owned by or under contract with the City for the disposal of such motor vehicle, or to a department within the City as authorized by the Ohio Revised Code under the direction of the City Administrator, or shall be sold by the Police Division 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. All unclaimed vehicles that are disposed of by the City shall be disposed of per the procedures set forth in Ohio R. C. 4513.60, et seq. except as otherwise specified in this section.
(b) Any moneys accruing from the disposition of an unclaimed motor vehicle that are in excess of the administrative, auctioneer, towing and storage expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the General Fund. If such moneys are less than the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle, then eighty percent (80%) shall be paid to the towing company performing the service, and twenty percent (20%), less administrative and auctioneer expenses shall be paid to the General Fund.
(Ord. 178-2003. Passed 10-27-03.)