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City of Peoria Basketball Hoop and Related Items Ordinance

Sec. 26-16.   Removal of obstructions from streets, etc.

(c)         It shall be unlawful to place large items of personal property, excluding motor vehicles and including but not limited to portable basketball hoops, on the streets and rights-of-way of the City of Peoria.   Large items of personal property, excluding vehicles and including but not limited to portable basketball hoops, which are found on City streets and rights-of-way and which items do not have identification as to ownership of those items, shall be considered abandoned and subject to removal by the Police Department and / or the Public Works department.   Items which identify their owner are also not allowed on the streets and rights-of-way of the City but the City shall give such notice as may be reasonable to said owner prior to removing the object as abandoned.   The City shall be entitled to move said personal property onto the property of the indicated owner.   A person who violates this subsection shall be subject to a fine of not less than $75.00 and no more than as provided in Section 1-5 of this Code for each offense.

(d)         Abandoned personal property confiscated by the City may be redeemed by the rightful owner upon payment of a fee of $100.00, said fee calculated to cover the City's cost in removing and storing the item.   Any citizen who desires may request a hearing before a designee of the City Manager to contest whether the item of personal property was properly removed as abandoned property.   Said hearing shall be held within twenty-one (21) days of the request for a hearing.


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Created: July 25, 2005