(A) Removal of abandoned property and building materials from public premises.
(1) When an enforcement officer shall find an item of abandoned property or an accumulation of building materials on public premises within the city, he or she shall cause a notice to be placed upon such item or in the immediate vicinity of several such items in substantially the following form:
NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHED PROPERTY: This property, to-wit (setting forth brief description), is unlawful upon public property known as (setting forth brief description of location), and in violation of Section ____ of Chapter ____ of the Saginaw Code, and must be removed within ten days from the date of this notice; otherwise, it shall be presumed to be abandoned property and will be removed and disposed of or destroyed by order of the City of Saginaw.
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Dated this (setting forth date of posting of notice)
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Signed (Setting forth title, business address, and business telephone number of Enforcement Officer)
(2) Such notice shall be not less than eight inches by ten inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements. In addition to posting, the enforcement officer shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain the name and address of the owner of the item or items; and if such is reasonably available to the enforcement officer, he or she shall mail a copy of such notice to the owner on or before the date of posting.
(3) If, at the end of ten days after posting such notice, the owner or any person interested in the abandoned item or items described in such notice has not removed them from the public premises, the enforcement officer may cause the item or items of abandoned property to be removed, destroyed, and disposed of, and the salvage value, if any, of such item or items shall be retained by the city to be applied against the cost of removal, storage, handling, destruction, and disposal thereof. In the event the salvage proceeds exceed the cost of removal, storing, handling, destruction, and disposal of the abandoned property, such excess shall be held for a period of six months for the benefit of the former owner of the property, upon proof of such ownership within six months of such removal, destruction, or disposal of the property. If after six months such excess has not been properly claimed, it shall be applied to the General Fund of the city.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the summary removal of any property from public premises in order to alleviate emergency conditions.
(B) Removal of trash from public premises. Trash on public premises may be removed without notice or compensation.
(Prior Code, § 94.41) (Ord. D-1659, passed 7-27-1992, effective 8-6-1992)