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