Ordinance 441ORDINANCE NO. 441
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEIZURE,
STORAGE AND SALE OF AUTOMOBILES FOUND
ABANDONED UPON ANY OF THE PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
That the Police Department of the City of Miami
SECTION 1: Beach, Florida, is hereby authorized and directed
to seize and reduce to the possession of said
Police Department any automobiles, whether stolen, wrecked or
otherwise abandoned, which may be found upon any of the public
streets and highways of the City of riami Beach, and to store
said automobiles as hereinafter provided.
That the City of Miami Beach shall provide
SECTION 2: a storage garage or warehouse where the auto-
mobiles seized under the provisions of this
ordinance shall be stored and kept for a period of sixty (60)
days from the date of such seizure.
During said. Period of sixty (60) days the
SECTION 3: Police Department shall make proper effort to
notify the owner or owners of any of said
automobiles that the same are being retained under the Provisions
of this ordinance, and shall, throughout said period of sixty
(60) days, permit the owner or owners to regain 'Possession thereof
upon proof of ownership and upon payment of the storage charges
and costs connected with the seizure and storage of said auto-
mobiles.
After the expiration of said period of sixty
SECTION 4: days the City Manager shall sell any such
automobile not claimed or reduced to possession
by the owner thereof, at public sale after ten days' notice in
writing to the owner if he can be found or by advertising once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Miami Beach,
Florida.
Out of the proceeds of the sles of any such
SECTION 5: automobile or automobiles, costs and storage
shall be first paid and any balance remaining
shall be retained by the City of 7iami Beach in a special fund in
the possession of the said City for a Period of one year in order
to enable the owner or owners of said automobile or automobiles to
prove ownership of said automobile so sold, and when such owner-
ship is Proved such surplus funds shall be Paid to the said
owner.
SECTION 6:
accordance
After the expiration of one year as in the
paragraph next preceding provided, any sums
arising from the sale of automobiles in
with the provisions of this ordinance which are un-
claimed by the owner or owners of said automobiles shall be
transferred to the general funds of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida.
A. D., 1936.
Attest:
PASSED AND ADO.PTED this 2nd day of September,
City C er
President City Council
APROVED by me this 2nd day of September, A. D. 1936.
1st reading: Aug. 21, 1936.
2nd reading: Aug. 21, 1936.
3 rd reading: Sept. 2, 1936.
Posted: Sept.14, 1936.
BECAME A LAW WITHOUT THE SIGNATURE OF THE MAYOR.
STATE OF FLORIDA )
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COUNTY OF DADE )
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and
for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 441 entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
FOR THE SEIZURE, STORAGE AND SALE OF AUTOMOBILES FOUND
ABANDONED UPON ANY OF THE PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA", having been duly passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous places
in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of
the City Hall in said City on the 14th day of September, A. D.
1936, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period
of at least thirty days in accordance with the requirements
of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, on this the 20th day of October, A. D., 1936.