HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1986-2147 ORDINANCE NO. 2147
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 2.60 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO LOST AND STOLEN PROPERTY
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain
as follows:
SECTION I: That Section 2.60.150 of Chapter 2.60 of the
Chula Vista Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended by
adding Paragraph C, to read as follows:
Sec. 2.60,150 Vesting of Title to Unclaimed
Property in Finder - Exception.
A. Valuation of Twenty-Five Dollars or More.
If the reported value of property is twenty-five
dollars or more and no owner appears and proves
ownership of the property within ninety days, the
Police Department shall cause notice of the property
to be published at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation. If, after seven days following
the first publication of the notice, no owner
appears and proves his ownership of the property and
the person who found or saved the property pays the
cost of the publication, the title shall vest in the
person who found or saved the property unless the
property was found in the course of employment by an
employee of any public agency in which case the
property shall be sold at public auction. Title to
the property shall not vest in the person who found
or saved the property or in the succeessful bidder
at the public auction unless the cost of publication
is first paid to the city, county, or city and
county whose Police Department caused the notice to
be published.
B. Valuation of Less than Twenty-Five Dollars.
If the reported value of the property is less than
twenty-five dollars and no owner appears and proves
his ownership of the property within ninety days,
the title shall vest in the person who found or
saved the property, unless the property was found in
the course of employment by an employee of any
public agency, in which case the property shall be
sold at public auction.
C. Exception - Bicycle.
If the found or saved property is a bicycle, if no
owner appears and proves ownership of the bicycle
within ninety days~ the title shall not vest in the
person who found or saved the bicycle. All such
unclaimed bicycles shall be sold at public auction
pursuant to this chapter.
SECTION II: That Chapter 2.60 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to add a new
Section 2.60.095 to read as follows:
Sec. 2.60.095 Destruction of Unclaimed Property -
Liability for destruction.
The chief of police or his representative may destroy
all unclaimed property after holding the unclaimed
property for the period prescribed herein~ with no owner
appearing and proving ownership of the property within
the proscribed periodr or the unclaimed property may be
destroyed upon the failure of the property to be sold at
public auction pursuant to this chapter; but in no event
shall the chief of police or the City be liable for
damages for the destruction of such unclaimed property.
SECTION III: That Section 2.60.090 of Chapter 2.60 of
the Chula Vista Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2.60.090 Responsibility for care and
preservation - Liability for loss or
damage.
The chief of police shall be responsible for the care
and preservation of the unclaimed property hereinbefore
referred to, until the same is sold, destroyed~ or
returned to the lawful owner thereof, but in no event
shall the chief of police or the city be liable in
damages for the loss or damage to such unclaimed
property.
SECTION IV: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force on the thirty-first day from and after its second
reading and adoption.
Presented by Approved as to form by
~db cw , Director of Charles R. Gill, Assistant
City Attorney
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FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
'ITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, HELD April i5 . 19 86 · AND
FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD April 22 ~
19 ee , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE· TO-WIT:
AYES: Councilmen: COx, Malcolm, Moore, McCandliss
NAYES: Councilmen: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Chula Vista
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I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is o full, true and correcf copy of
ORDINANCE NO, 2147 ,and that the some has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
~ City Clerk
CITY OF
CHULA VlS1'A
CC-660
ORDINANCE NO. 2147
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHAPTER
2.60 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LOST AND
STOLEN PROPERTY
By a unanimous vote on April 22, 1986, the City Council placed
the ordinance on second reading and adoption.
The amendments to the Municipal Code would allow the City to auction
unclaimed bicycles which are not claimed within 90 days and allows
for the destruction of found property not claimed and not sold at
public auctions.
Copies of the ordinance may be obtained from the office of the
City Clerk, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA.
Dated: 4/28/86
e~nnie~. Fulasz, ~