12.12.090   Impoundment of racks.
A.   The public works director or designee:
1.   May immediately correct any violation of this chapter and shall do so without impounding if such correction can be accomplished simply, easily, quickly and without expense;
2.   May notify the person, if known, maintaining a newsrack found in violation of this chapter, either in person, by telephone or by mail, in their discretion, and/or of the date of the notice, the newsrack will be impounded; by affixing a notice to the newsrack, that unless the violation is corrected or a hearing requested, within ten working days if the notice is in person or by telephone, within ten working days if the notice is by mail, or within ten working days if the notice is by affixing a notice to the newsrack,
3.   May impound any newsrack in accordance with the decision of any hearing requested pursuant to this chapter.
B.   If a hearing on the impounding of the newsrack is not timely requested or if the newsrack is not returned in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the city manager or designee may sell or otherwise dispose of the newsrack, and its contents, and deposit the proceeds, if any, from any such sale or other disposition, or any moneys contained in said newsrack, in the city general fund. (Ord. 169 § 9, 1997)