Ordinance No. 90-05 ORDINANCE NO. �
AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE CONVERSION OF ABANDONED PROPERTY
TO CITY USE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE REQUIRED WAITING PERIOD
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.52 of the Tigard Municipal Code provides
for the sale of abandoned, found, seized or stolen property; and
WHEREAS, from time to time, there are items held by the police
department which would be of use to the City; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.52 does not provide for the City converting
the property to its own use; now, therefore:
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 2.52.030(a) of the Tigard Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
112.52.030 Sale of property.
(a) At any time after the expiration of
ninety days from the time the property comes
into the possession of the police department,
the chief of police may sell the property at
public auction. The chief of police shall not
sell any such property held in evidence in any
court proceeding until the need for its use in
that proceeding has passed. Notice of the sale
shall be given once by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation in the city
of Tigard at least ten days before the date of
sale. The notice"shall give the time and place
of the sale and shal'_ describe generally the
property to be sold at the sale.
Section 2. Chapter 2.52 of the Tigard Municipal Code is
amended by adding Section 2.52.045 to read as follows:
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2.52.045 Use of property by city.
(a) In lieu of a sale of the property
under Sections 2.52.030 and 2.52.040, at any
time after the expiration of ninety days from
the time the property comes into the possession
of the police department, the city manager may,
at the request of the chief of police, convert
the property to public use by entering it on
the city's fixed asset inventory.
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(b) Notice of the transfer of the
property to the city shall be given once by
publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the city of Tigard at least ten
days before the property is converted to city
use. The notice shall describe the property
and state that the described property shall be
converted to city use if the property is not
reclaimed within ten days. Any claim of
ownership shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 2.52.020.
(c) If the property is not reclaimed
within ten days after publication of the notice
described above, the property shall be entered
on the city's fixed Bisset inventory and shall
not be subject to the right of redemption.
Section 2. Section 2.52.045 shall apply to all personal
property, except motor vehicles, now or hereafter in the custody
of the city of Tigard, as provided in Section 2.52.060.
PASSED: By i�CCYl/1?'1UU5 vote of all Council
members present, this /00 day of r 1990.
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t-atherine Wheatley, Rep ty- Ci y Recorder
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APPROVED: ay of , 1990.
Geral -R:-E wards, Mayor
Approved as too form:
City Attorney
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