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I II, ""------, - ORDINANCE NO. 654 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A SECTION ALLOWING FOR THE SALE OF LOST, ABANDONED AND CONFISCATED PROPERTY. WHEREAS, the Police Department of the City of Louisville often has in its possession lost, abandoned or confiscated property; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that this property should be subject to sale in certain instances; NOW, THEREFORE :' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section l. The following Chapter and sections thereof are hereby added to Title 9 of the Louisville Municipal Code: Chapter 9.90 Sale of Lost, Abandoned, and Confiscated Property Sections: 9.90.010 Definitions. 9.90.020 Delivery of lost or found property. 9.90.030 Custodian of property. 9.90.040 Records. 9.90.050 Delivery to owner. 9.90.060 Escheat. 9.90.070 Sale of unclaimed property. 9.90.080 Distribution to charity. 9.90.090 Property and proceeds barred to owner. 9.90.100 Unauthorized removal of property. 9.90.010 Definitions. A. The term 'abandoned personal property" means personal property found or recovered by the Police Department or any other department of the City of Louisville and unclaimed by the owner of the same. Said term also includes personal property found or re- covered by any person and turned in by such person to the Police Department, which property is thereafter unclaimed by either the owner or the finder of such property. B. The term "1l1egal weapon" means and includes a black- jack, bomb, firearm silencer, defaced firearm, machine gun, any shotgun having a barrel or barrels less than eighteen inches long or an overall length of less than twenty-six inches, any rifle having a barrel less than sixteen inches long or an overall length of less than twenty-six inches, any gas gun designed for projecting gas- filled projectiles which release their contents after having been projected from the device, any projectiles designed for use in a device defined as an illegal weapon under this section, metallic knuckles, switchblade knife, and any knife that has a blade released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force which blade when so released is locked in place by means of a button, spring, lever or other device.