§ 401.50. Removal from public premises.

(a) When an enforcement officer shall find an article of abandoned property on public premises within the city, he shall cause a notice to be placed upon such article in substantially the following form:

"NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHED PROPERTY: This property, to wit: (setting forth brief description) is unlawfully upon public property known as (setting forth brief description of location), and in violation of Chapter 401 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, and must be removed within ten (10) days from the date of this notice; otherwise, it shall be presumed to be abandoned property and will be removed and destroyed by order of the City of Minneapolis. Dated this (setting forth date of posting of notice). Signed: (setting forth title, address and telephone number of enforcement officer)."

(b)

Such notice shall be not less than eight (8) inches by ten (10) inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements. In addition to posting, the enforcement officer shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain the name and address of the owner of the article or articles, and if such is reasonably available to the enforcement officer, he shall mail a copy of such notice to the owner on or before the date of posting.

(c)

If, at the end of ten (10) days after posting such notice, the owner or any person interested in the abandoned article or articles described in such notice has not removed them from the public premises or shown reasonable cause for failure to do so, the enforcement officer may cause the article or articles of abandoned property to be removed, destroyed and disposed of. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 947.050; Ord. of 1-26-73; Ord. of 5-25-73, § 1)