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 Coral Springs
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 16½. ABANDONED REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

  § 16½-8. Removal of abandoned personal property.  

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  • (a)

    If at the end of five (5) days after posting notice under this article, the owner or any person interested in such abandoned personal property described in the notice has not removed same, the enforcement officer may cause the article of abandoned personal property to be removed and destroyed, and the salvage value, if any, of such article shall be retained by the city to be applied against the cost of removal and destruction thereof.

    (b)

    Before destruction, for abandoned property on public lands or private lands, at the end of the five (5) day period of posting of such notice, if the owner or person having interest in the property has not removed the abandoned property from public or private property, or shown reasonable cause for failure to do so, the city may cause the property so described to be removed by a towing company who shall cause the article or articles of abandoned property to be removed and placed in storage in applicable with the local, state and federal regulations. At the conclusion of the required storage, if the article is not claimed, and if the salvage value is above one hundred dollars ($100.00), the towing company shall pay the City of Coral Springs the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or ten (10) percent of such value, whichever is greater, for the administrative costs in handling with said article. If the article is claimed, the city shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as an administrative fee.

    (c)

    It is unlawful to remove abandoned personal property, including inoperative vehicles, from private property to public property after the posting of said property by an enforcement officer.

    (d)

    An inoperative vehicle shall not be on private property unless it is within a completely enclosed building structure or a designated storage area, which includes a wall or hedge to screen the stored inoperative vehicle from view.

    (e)

    In the event that the abandoned property is deemed to be an imminent public health and safety hazard, an enforcement officer is authorized to remove the property immediately. Subsequent to the removal of the abandoned property, the city shall make reasonable and diligent efforts to ascertain the owner and take the applicable action. If the abandoned property is on private property, the private property owner shall be provided notice and assessed the cost of removal of the abandoned property and any required clean-up of the private property.

(Ord. No. 2008-109, § 3, 6-3-08)