Unclaimed motor vehicles ordered into storage pursuant to Sections 448.04 and 448.05 shall be disposed of at the order of the Chief of Police to a junk yard 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 vehicles, or shall be sold by the Chief of Police or a 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 that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the General Fund of the City.
(Ord. 53-74. Passed 7-23-74.)