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ORDINANCE NO. ~-/ .
(Series of 1976)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13-87 OF THE
ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO PERMIT THOSE
REPORTING LOST PROPERTY TO THE ASPEN POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF THE
PROPERTY IF NOT CLAIMED BY THE OWNERS PRIOR
TO PUBLIC SALE, OR WITHIN 60 DAYS OF REPORTING
THE FIND, %[HICHEVER FIRST OCCURS
WHEREAS, The City Council is of the opinion that
permitting those who find property to recover possession of
it under certain circumstances will encourage the reporting
of lost items.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That Section 13-87(h) of the Aspen Municipal Code
be repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:
(h) Any person who has found lost property may,
if the same shall not be claimed by its owner,
recover possession of the same prior to any public
sale of the property as hereinabove provided, or
after 60 days of reporting the finding of the property
to the police department, whichever first occurs.
Section 2
That the Municipal Code of the city of Aspen, Colorado,
is hereby amended by adding a subsection to Section 13-87,
which said subsection reads as follows:
(i) The owner, or other person having the right to
possession, of any item of lost or confiscated property
sold at any public sale conducted in accordance or
substantially in accordance with the provisions of
this division shall be barred from asserting any claim
against the city or against the proceeds held by
the City, from and after the date of the sale, except
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to the extent provided in subsection (e) with
respect to the proceeds of a special sale claimed
within thirty (30) days thereof.
Section 3
If any provision of this ordinance or the appli-
cation thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applica-
tions of the ordinance which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end the pro-
visions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held
on the ~ day of ~J~3.~i.~?~.~.~ / , 1976, in the
City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
~NTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided
by law by the City Council of the City of Aspen, colorado, at
its regular meeting held at the City of Aspen on the / ~
day of ~/~~.~ ~
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ATTEST:
Kathryn S/ Hauter
City Clerk
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ATTEST:
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on the
Kathryn S~ IIauter
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO
COUNTY OF PITKIN
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CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Hauter, City Clerk of Aspen,
colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
ordinance was introduced, read in full, and passed on
.... ~~ reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Aspen on '
~' ' ' n weekly newspaper
197 ~., and published in the Aspe Times, a
of general circulation, published in the City of Aspen,
Colorado, in its issue of ~ /~ .., 197 ~,
and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting
of the City Council on ~'~/-~, ~ , 197~,
and ordered published as Ordinance No. ~-/ , Series of
197~, of said City, as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, this ~.
Kathr~ S. Hauter
City Clerk