(a) Whenever a newsrack is impounded pursuant to Sections 7-2.1307 and 7-2.1308, the Public Works Department shall immediately notify the person in whose name the newsrack is registered, if known. Such notice shall state the date the newsrack was removed and impounded, the reasons thereof, and the procedure for claiming the newsrack. If the newsrack was summarily impounded, such notice shall also state the procedure for requesting a hearing before the Public Works Department.
(b) The permittee or other person who provides satisfactory proof of ownership of the impounded newsrack may, at any time within thirty (30) days of the notice of impound obtain the return of the newsrack and its contents upon paying of removal costs, storage and other costs.
(c) The costs of removal and storage of any newsrack shall be borne by the owner thereof and may be collected by the City in the same manner as it collects any other civil debt or obligation. No newsrack which has been removed and stored by the City shall be released to the owner unless the costs of removal, storage and any necessary repair to the premises on which the newsrack was placed have been paid. If a newsrack which has been removed and stored remains unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days after notice of impoundment is sent, it shall be deemed to be unclaimed personal property and disposed of in accordance with the law.
(d) If, after a hearing, the impounded newsrack is found not to have been in violation of this article, the newsrack shall be returned to the permittee or other claimant without payment of any impound fee or, if an impound fee has previously been paid, the impound fee is refunded.
(§ 2, Ord. 1312-NS, eff. March 16, 1998)