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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. J '1 '-/ <br />/ <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED <br />VEHICLES, BOATS AND TRAILERS FOUND ON ANY PUBLIC WAY <br />WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, ESTABLISHING A PRESUMPTION <br />OF ABANDONMENT, AND REQUIRING THAT THE CITY ENGINEER <br />PROVIDE A STORAGE PLACE FOR SUCH VEHICLES, BOATS AND <br />TRAILERS. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COlVIMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE, THAT: <br /> <br />Section!. Any demobilized vehicle, boat or trailer or any <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />vehicle or trailer not bearing:_a current valid license plate that is left <br />( . <br />orl any roadway, alleyway, avenue or street within the city limits of the <br />:) - <br />,City of La Porte for a period of more than 48 hours without being moved <br /> <br />shall be considered abandoned for the purposes of this ordinance. <br /> <br />Section 2. The Chief of Police of the City of La Porte is <br /> <br />hereby charged with the duty to make reasonable investigation of owner- <br /> <br />ship of such vehicle, bOat or trailer and shall give such owner that he may <br /> <br />discover notice that unless such vehicle, boat or trailer is removed from <br /> <br />such public way within a reasonable period of time, it shall be removed <br />for him at his e~pense by the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />Section 3. The Chief of Police shall then remove such vehicle, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />boat or trailer to a place designated by the City ~ngineer there to be held <br /> <br />until the true owner shall claim it and pay any expense incurred by the <br /> <br />City of La Porte in removal and storage, but if unclaimed at the end of <br /> <br />two (2) years, the city shall dispose of such vehicle, boat or trailer to <br /> <br />the highest bidder as provided by the d:aws of the State of Texas and in the <br /> <br />Charter of the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />and approval by the City Commission of the City of La Porte. <br />PASSED AND APPROVED this the 175 day Of~,. 1964. <br />.:"-'IIo~~'''''''''\_\.'''' <br />~~7'" ':i> ;.- '/ " <br />ATTEST: <> Cj i.l"'" <br />~~~ ~~' ::Jt <br />," ,'.', "'.,.1.... ~ <br />. f. '~"'." '-i <br />, , , <br />.-".' .- - ":iI <br />. ~.. <br /> <br />Ci);x., Clerk..of tne <:i~y of <br />-: LaPorte ,;-,,~'~.,- <br />I:.t/, .- , ,'\<~, <br /> <br />APPROVED: <br /> <br /> <br />__.f <br />