(A) The City Council shall determine by ordinance whether foreclosed property deeded to the City under § 6.36.150 shall be retained by the City for a public purpose. The ordinance shall contain the legal description of the property, the address or a general description of the property sufficient to provide the public with notice of its location, and the name of the last record owner of the property as the name appears on the assessment rolls of the City.
(B) Tax-foreclosed properties conveyed to the City by tax foreclosure and not required for a public purpose may be sold. Before the sale of the tax-foreclosed property held for a public purpose, the Council, by ordinance, shall determine that a public need does not exist. The ordinance shall contain the information required in (A) of this section.
(C) The Clerk or designee shall send a copy of the published notice of hearing of an ordinance to consider a determination required by (A) or (B) of this section by certified mail to the former record owner of the parcel of property which is the subject of the ordinance. The notice shall be mailed within five (5) days after its first publication and shall be sufficient if mailed to the last record owner of the property as the name appeared on the assessment rolls of the City.
(D) The provisions of (C) of this section do not apply with respect to property which has been held by the City for a period of more than ten (10) years after the close of the redemption period.
(Am. Ord. No. 2003-05, passed 5-6-03)