Any person claiming the junk, or a part thereof, shall file with the City Manager or his or her designee, before the junk shall have been sold by the City Manager or his or her designee, a written claim, on a form to be supplied by the City Manager or his or her designee, wherein is stated the alleged ownership or possessory or other interest of the claimant in the junk, and a demand for its release to the claimant. The City Manager or his or her designee, whether or not such a claim is filed, shall inform whoever claims the junk, or makes inquiry, concerning the circumstances upon which were based the removal and impoundment of the junk, and the amount of expense of removal, impoundment, and storage of the junk, the cost of postage on, and publication of, notices mailed as provided in this chapter, and the expense of the advertising, if any, of a proposed sale of the junk.
(Ord. 3452, passed - -1995)