§ 18-70. Seizure of machines.

(a)

If any fee or business tax receipt required by this article is not paid by any operator or if unauthorized machines are placed within the city, authority is given and granted to the licensing administrator to seize any of the operator's machines for such payment. After diligent search, the licensing administrator shall notify the owner, bona fide lien-holder and person in possession of the machine or machines at the time of seizure. Notice provided by certified mail must be mailed within 14 days after the seizure and must identify the procedure necessary to release the seized machine or machines. No machines so seized shall be released until the fee or business tax receipt and all storage and hauling and all other expenses have been paid in full. The hauling fee shall be $250.00 for each machine and the storage fee shall be $50.00 for each day for each machine in storage.

(b)

When a type I or type II amusement machine seized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section has not been claimed by the owner thereof within 90 days from the date of such seizure, title to the unclaimed machine shall vest in the city. The city may elect to donate the machine to a charitable organization, sell or otherwise dispose of the machine. If the licensing administrator elects to sell any such machine at public sale, the city shall provide at least ten days' notice of the proposed sale date in writing to the owner, if the owner can be found, and advertise once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. All proceeds of the sale shall be credited to the general fund of the city and shall offset the fees, costs, and storage owed by the owner of the machines.

(Ord. No. 2008-30, § 1, 4-22-2008; Ord. No. 2010-05, § 1, 1-26-2010; Ord. No. 2013-55, § 1, 9-10-2013)