HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965 Ordinance No. 018I
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Introduced aa a Bill by Councilman Braun
BY AU'l'BORI'l'Y
ORDDIAllCB RO. 18, SBRIBS OP 1965
All ORDDIAllCB MDDillG CBAPTBR 11 OP '1'BB llUllICIPAL CODB OP 'l'BB CITY OP BRGL8"00D,
COLORADO, BY ADDillG 'l'BBRB'l'O A RBW SBC'l'IOR, ORAll'l'DG AU'ftlORI'l'Y '1'0, MID ESTABLISHING
!BB PROCBDURB POR, TBB CBIBP OP POLICB OP '1'BB CITY OP mGLBllOOD TO SELL AT PUBLIC
SALB AllY LOST, ABAllDOBBD OR SBIZBD AR'l'ICLBS OP PBRSORAL PROPBR'l'Y WHICH ARB LBP'l'
umcLADIBD POR A PBRIOD OP THIRTY (30) DAYS OR llORB.
BB I'f ORDAillBD BY '1'BB CI'l'Y COUllCIL OP 'fllB CITY OP BmLBllOOD, COLORADO.
~tion 1. Chapter 11 of the Municipal Code of the city of Bnglewood, Colorado,
ia by ... ncted, by the addition thereto of a new aection 11.6, which shall read as
followaa
•11.6 Sale of Loat, Abandoned and Sei!!d Proptrtx.
11.6-1 1•t or Aba~ned •rm 1:si. It ahall be the duty of every
police o leer to te lnto~--po•••••ion, and to deliver the same
to the Chief of Police or to hi• deaivnee, each and every article or object
of peraonal property loat or abandoned within the City of Bnglewood,
which article or object ahall be held by the Chief of Police for disposi-
tion in accordance with the proviaiona of thia ordinance.
11.6-2 Propertf Uaed aa Bvidence. It •hall be the duty of the Chief
of Police to ho d pending final diapoaition of any charge• filed in
the llunicipal court againat the owner or poaaeaaor thereof, all articles
of peraonal property aeized aa evidence for UH in the trial of such
chargea. After final diapoaition of aaid cha&-99•• •aid articles, except
in the ca•• of dangeroua or deadly weapon• who•• diapoaition is governed
by 1119.2-5 and 19.2-6 of thi• llunicipal Code, and except a• the
llunicipal Judge .. Y otherwiae direct, ahall, upon requeat by the right-
ful owner thereof and the pr•••ntation of aatiaf actory proof of owner-
ahip, be turned over to auch rightful owner. In the abaence of such a
requeat, the .... •hall be diapoaed of in accordance with the provisions
of thia ordinance.
11.6-3. Procedure for Sile. Any loat or abandoned property left unclaimed
for a perlOd of thirty (o) day• or 110re, and any property used as evidence
which r ... ina unclaiaed for thirty (30) daya or 110re after final disposi-
tion ofany charge• relating thereto, .. Y be aold and disposed of, fran
till• to tille, by the Chief of Police, in accordance with the following
procedureaa
(a) Rot le•• than ten (10) daya prior to the contemplated
•ale of auch articlea, there •hall be publiahed in the City's
official newapaper a notice aetting forth a deacription of each
article to be aold, the time, date and place of the sale and that
any peraon who clailla to be the owner of any article so described
aay appear at the Police Departm.nt prior to the time and date
aet for •ale thereof to reclaia the .... upon presentation of
aatiafactory proof of hi• ownerahip thereof.
(b) All article• deacribed in aaid notice and left unclaimed
at the time and date aet in the notice for the aale thereof shall
be aold at public •ale to the higheat bidder and the Chief of
Police ahall give to each purchaaer a bill of aale for the same.
(c) All proceed• frcm the aale of auch articles •hall be
depoaited to the credit of the Police Retir ... nt Fund for the
Police Department of the City of Bnglewood.
11.6-4. Di•DO•al of Abandoned Tor• and 9ildren'• Articles. At the
option of tlHtahlef of Police, any toy• ~ W'hataoever nature, including
bicycle• and tricycle• and other article• aade for uae of children,
which are left unclailDed for thirty (30) daya or more, may be sold in
accordance with 111.6-3 or, in the alternative, may be given to such
needy and unfortunate children within the City aa the Chief of Police
d .... appropriate. In the event of diapoaition of auch articles without
aale, the Chief of Police •hall, at leaat ten (10) day• prior to such
diapoaition, cauae a public notice of the deacription of such articles
to be publiahed and ahall provide for a reaaonable opportunity for the
rightful owner to claia the aame.•
PaaHd on Pirat Reading by the City Council of the City of Bnglewood, Colorado,
t hia 4th day of October, 1965, and ordered publiahed in full in the Englewood Herald
and Bnterpriae •
Paaaed on Pinal Reading by the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado,
tbia 18th day of October, 1965, and ordered publiahed in full in the Englewood Herald
md Bnterpri••·
AllUT1 Mayor
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I, Ray Chaae, City Clerk-Treaaurer, City of Bn9lewood, County of Arapahoe, State
of color.SO, do hereby certify that the above and for9CJ0in9 O~inance waa introduced,
r...S, paaaed and ordered publiahed a• a bill in the Bn9lewood Herald and Bnterpriae
at a regular ... ting of th• City Council held on the 4th day of October, 1965, and
that at leaat 7 daya after above publication aa a bill, the above Ordinance was
...,roved, ..topted and ordered publiabed in aaid 199al newapaper by the City Council
at a regular ... ting held on the 18th day of OCtober, 1965, a• Ordinance No. 18,
Seri•• of 1965, of aaid City.
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City-eJ.erk--rJ•a•urer
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