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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-17 Amending Title 2 - Administration and Personnel of the Vail Municipal Code by the Addition of Chapter 2.56 Concerning Disposition of Unclaimed Property~~£ ~ ~ ~ ORDINANCE NO. 17 SERIES 1992 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TIT~.E 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, BY THE ADDITION OF CHAPTER 2.56 CONCERNING DISPOSITION OF t1NCLAIMED PROPERTY. WHEREAS, certain property held by or under the control at the Town which is owned by an individual or entity may be claimed by the owners; and WHEREAS, the Town desires to establish an administrative procedure for notification and, where possible, the transfer of unclaimed property to the owner; and WHEREAS, the municipality desires to dispose of unclaimed property after notification has been provided; and WHEREAS, the municipality desires to enact an ordinance providing a local procedure for administration and disposition of unclaimed property. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado: 1) Title 2 of the Municipal Code of the Tawn of Vai! is hereby amended by the addition of Chapter 2.56 -Unclaimed Property to read as follows: Section 2.56.010 _ Unclaimed Propertv 1. Purpose The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the administration and disposition of unclaimed property which is In the possession of or under the control of the Town. 2. Definitions For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms shall be defined as follows: A} The Town means the Town of Vail, Colorado. B) Unclaimed property means any tangible or intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges that is held by or under the control of the municipality and which has not been claimed by its owner for a period of more than one (1) year after it became payable or distributable. C) Owner means a person or entity, including a corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity other than this municipality, ar a duly authorized legal representative or successor in Interest of same, which owns unclaimed property held by the municipality- D) Director shall mean the Finance Director of the Town or the designee thereof. 1 i~- 3. Procedure for Disposition of Property A) Prior to disposition of any unclaimed property having an estimated value of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, the Director shall give written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the East known address, if any, of any owner a# unclaimed property. The last known address of the owner shall be the last address of the owner as shown by the records of the municipal department or any agency holding the property. The notice shall include a description of the property, the amount or estimated value of the property, and, when available the purpose far which the property was deposited or otherwise held. The notice shall state where the owner may make inquiry of or claim the property. The notice shelf also state that if the owner fails to provide the Director with a written claim for the return of the property within sixty {60} days of the date of the notice, the property shall become the sole property of the Tawn and any claim of the owner to such property shall be deemed forfeited. B) Prior to disposition of any unclaimed property having an estimated value of less than one hundred dollars ($140.00} or having no last known address of the owner, the Director shall cause a notice to published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall include a description of the property, the owner of the property, the amount or estimated value of the property and, when available, the purpose for which the property was deposited or otherwise held. The notice shall state where the owner may make inquiry of or claim the property. The notice shall also state that if the owner fails to provide the Director with a written claim far the return of the property within sixty (60} days of the date of the publication of the notice, the property shall become the sole property of the Town and any claim of the owner to such property shall be deemed forfeited. C) If the Director receives no written claim within the above sixty (60) day claim period, the property shall become the sole property of the municipality and any claim of the owner to such property shal# be deemed forfeited. D) !f the Director receives a written claim within sixty (50) days, the Director shall evaluate the claim and give written notice to the claimant within ninety {90} days thereof that the claim has been accepted or denied in whole or in part. The Director may investigate the validity of the claim and may request further supporting documentation from the claimant prior to disbursing or refusing to disburse the property. E} In the event that there is more than one claimant for the same property the Director may, in his sole discretion, resolve said claims, or may resolve such claims by depositing the 2 s • disputed property with the Registry of the Court in an interpleader action. I") In the event that all claims filed are denied, the property shall become the sole property of the Town and any claim of the owner of such property shall be deemed farteited. G) Any legal action filed challenging a decision of the Director shall be filed pursuant to Rule 106 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure within thirty (30) days of such decision or shah be forever barred. If any legal action is timely filed, the property shall be disbursed by the Director pursuant to the order of the Court having jurisdiction over such claim. H) The Director is authorized to establish and administer procedures for the administration and disposition of unclaimed property consistent with this ordinance including compliance requirements for other municipal officers and employees in the identification and disposition of such property. 4. ~xemated Praaert~r The following property is hereby exempted from the provisions of this ordinance: A) Property which has a value of less than fifty dollars ($50.00). B) Vehicles subject to impoundment pursuant to Chapter 10.08 of this Code. 5. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause ar phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause ar phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. 6. The Tawn Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Tawn of Vail and the inhabitants thereof. 7. The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail as provided in this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. 8. AN bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be 3 :~ - s • construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, ar part thereof, theretofore repealed. INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST READING this 2nd day of June, 1992, and a public hearing shall be held on this Ordinance on the 16th day of June, 1992, at 7:3fl p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado. .~ ~ ~ ~ - ~- Nfargare ~. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha Raecker, Town Clerk READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED by title only this 16th day of June, '1992. Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha S. Raecker, Town Clerk C:1gRQ82.17 4 Public No -~ ~ ORDINANCE NO. li ' 9rka of f9Y1 AN ORDINANCE AMENRIN13 TITLE 2 • AD- MINISTRATION OF PERSDNNEL OF THE fdUNICIPAI CODE OF THE TOWN OF YA4L, 9Y TN£ ADOITfON OF CHAPTER 2.68 t.'QNCERN- INQ OISPOt31TION OF UNCLMMEO . PROPERTY. ' W}+£REA9, e.rtaln popery heW by a order the oonlrat d the Town Whkh N owned by an In- dividual a softy may M daYlsed b1r tlla owner: PROOF of PUSL1CAnoN " WHEREAa the Town aeQraa to e.fe6Nsh an adm4,blradivs procsdu,s f« nolNWalbn and, STATE OF COLOt7ADp ) where posable. tM trwle, d girrpwmed p+eprr- ) ~ ty to iM owner: and ) . COUNTY DF FJIGLE WHEREAS, dro J. Tly d>.ea to db- poee d undalmed property silo-ndNiwiion hw 6sen pevided; end I ALLAN KN07[ do solemnly swear that I am -- - wHEREAS, the munkdpddy daalrea ro snad an adhanw providlrg a loco! preoeddrs 1« ad- PUb~iBtleT' the __ __ _..._. _ of TtIE; VAIL TRAIL,' that the same Is a weekly newspaper ~ minlslratlon and diepoaNion o! unclaimed prePe+b'• primed, In whole or {ri part and published in the Caunry of Eagle, State of Colorado, Now TREREFORE. be n adnhed by IM and has a rTnoral clrculaflon lhereln: that Bald newspa r has bean ublished ~ ~ ~ f th t E i d Town CoancN d the Town d veil, Dobradgi: ,) Thb 2 d the Mynidpd Code d,M town d continuously cTnci uninterruptNTdly In sold Coun y of apfe or a per o o more an vas i. herehy an,endad aY tM add~wn d cl,ap- fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to iha first publication of the annexed legal ter 2.59- Undaimaa Property to read u fdlawa: no#Ice or advr~rllselnF~nt; that Bald newspaper has been admitted to the United Sedian 2,59.010 • Uncwn,ed Property Slates malls as second class matter under the provlslons of the Act of March 3, 9879, sECnDN 1. parlwae ~ p„rpgieo a thin «dinance b fo provide rot or any amendments thereof, and that sold n©ws r is a weekl n©ws r dui p6pe y E~F~ Y She adminielraian and aispoait#an d undain~ed f quell led for publishing legal nollres and advertisements within the ml3aning of the properly whbh la in tM pessassien d a under Igvrs of the Stafo pf Colorado. ,ne r:oM<ad Me Twm. That the annexed loyal notice or advertisement was published in the Tegular and SECTION 2. Delinitbix Fa the purpoaea d Ihie ad'nanca,[M raeow- irg turro eheN hs defined u 1dNewe: efdl?.e~ en#iro issue of every number of said weekly newspaper {a the period of At The Town meanathe Towed Vall, Cdordo. . B1 Uncldrned prapeny gleam any langibls or cans+3cutivo Insartlons: and that the first publicaf€on of sold no#Ice was In the issue of cdier~r>en~Lb pf-0p°m'' bek~d4p any I^p°^1° °f Im t derived f:.. - fen any lawld char ~ said newspaper dated __-~~~G(_L~: _ . ~ ~ - AA. 99~~ and thot the last pee IhM k held by or under the oonlrol d the munkbaliy and whlcA hu nd later chimed bi lon of Bald notice was In the issue of Bald newspaper dated pubtle Nor ownx 1« a period d rraxs than one (+1 you eher h larcanrs payehb «dielribulabb. CJ Osmer means a person o< entity, including ~ / ~-_ ([;~ ~ 7 t~~~ • ~ l~D a oorparAllon, pnrlnerehip, aseeclalion. ki dit bmil ah M thi ,r ,,. - . I~~- y er an s mun p y, gouermnenla a a duty authanzed legd represenletiee « suo- fn witness u,l,ard..f ! tTQV6 hereunto set my hand this / day of °°ee°`hI"1°`ealdeam°'"mbn°e"^°Ilaa"'+ed PropenY Mb 6y 1he muniopdfy ~~J n~ ~ ~ AD. 99 1.e~_ D1 Oireda eheN meanlM Finer,oe Dkect« d ttleTawn or the designee theted. ~ SECTION J. Proeeduro foe Dleposilion of Propany _ A) Ptior to disPrnillon d any unrleimed propany having an mllmafed value of one hundred ddlars (5700.001 « roes, Ihs Okeaor shell giw writer nolks by oenilk+d mall, return reaelpl regr»ated, !e IM tut known eddeess, N Subscribed and sworn to betas rrTe, a notary publl and fort C my of Eagle, R owl ~adr~d the%r ;r,mPi`i ~;'i,, e'r"„ Iwr. f ' this ~J~ day Of A.D. 99 ~~- State of Colorado drns d she owner as shown by 7M rerada d IM mun#cpal depanmeM a any agency holding the , prapeny. Tha notice shall Include a deealplbn of 1#,e lxupeny, Me amount «ealimaled value d the ; ,,L ~ ~ ~ ~ property, and,vdron available the purpose for ~ which IM prgiperty was dgtoaied a ahervrise '~G(~. _ - ~~(~(,(~,, ~ held. The notice thrN state rMra the owner may y ~ ` i make #rquiry d «cwm tM properly. Tha nolhs 1 boil abo elate IhM H ,he owner iaih to povlde r 1 Y~ ~ ~ ~ MY commission expires ~ ( 1 Ih1aa~ ninr:tnr ,vYh n wa4x+N.hn+rr th,. n.lnrn d i the PrWenY arAhin soy (6gJ days d IM ore d ! - ; the i,dke, the property shell laaaarr drr .ant prapeny d IM Town and eery obkn d tM owner ' 1o sash propsny she11 be deemed halaTad. E $) Prior to dispositim d ~sny undairtled I praprny roving an utk,raled galas d Wa t¢mr ate hundred dolor Iil00.OD1 « havkg ne rut known address d tM owner, IM Wredor shah, rasa • tidies ro M PlbNthod h a d. ~ . general c:arNtlion In the municpedi7r•-TM rotas shall include a desabtlas d 1M~InoPe+fY. ~~• owrlr d ula prcpertY. life amount « .. t.', value d the propedy snd,when avalkWOh, Jra: purpera fa whbh IM pr~erly wu deposkri « i ~' . dhsrwha hold. TM notes ahaN ado vdrore Ma owner may make hgoiry d «dslmiM WcPe+fY~ } - ~ The notice shall alto stye tMl N iFla ownr faFb I ro p1wMa tM Dksda wih a wrMen Idaimla IM ' . .~ daYadlM, 1 alumdtheproprtyreiWn~E~1 "~ dale d tM gd,lbrion d tM raxka. the prapany z _ '~. shall bamrx tM sob poparY.d tM Twm and ; any ddm d lM eavM+, la rUd} p±apMy Mel kr y ' ' >.:;,.,. -<r deen+ad ladeNed.: ;,.:.. g:~,+; a:`ik~',.;';n, CI N IM D3redd: tewivu:,no w+Atrs daF,t { wlWn 1M above o6iylegi day-dakn P«lod.!M , -- poperly u,aN bacwrle Il,a rile. piopsny-d tM ;; ' V municipalNy and ant ddm d Ilro OYSrw b slidt ' ~ -. .. ~ ~ <~ I :' prq,srtY shah a darned fodaiad..~r r + O1..N Ma binder- recoiws ~ vaNtsn da#m i . j_ witNp slily 5881 deW. tln pkectdr ahsN waluale r tM claim end give wrillsn robe to tlla dskrlaM.~ ' ~', wi1Nn d+ldyf~'i.daa ~~ tls.ltM daYn hu ., ~~ been ~-.. -, a danbd h tA,ole a h pan. TM.? ' Diredot mat Ywagiplds the VeYdiy al tM claim ; . ' docu9wds''1 ~.. and mat rsgeeat 1wCw +xtpportkq - '; ,Ion Iron Nis dsNrtrrd pea b dieWl„aNp a r7fw„'d _ ' .. Inp ro db6uso 1M prapany"~ ~Cvnp°, - EJ 4r iM «.d Thrd tllars. ma- 13rnay,~ . may ' , . ly tint Oireeror M a '~~ e , , i tne propr dahl M i« i a -~; Sn hie ads dkurriod, tstatr~ Bald o1ai~ ~ ~ ~, reeve fuch ~dakrr bl' depceNlrW ` •: property Whfi IM,Reghtry d tM Cou+l In ah Inter- - ' - . -. pleadrr edbn. ~ Fl in the aura thr d clairta llbd pare dsnbd, .~ ' ~ the progeny ehel become IM sds properly d the ' :. Town and ant daGn d the cooler d such property . ~ shall M dsenisd Palsied.., - 0) Any legal adbn~ bled' challenging ^ . derision d the Dimela el;alr be fibd purauanl to . Rub 1gg d the CdoradoRula a Civil Prece- ' ' data w+lhh Ihirty (30) doge d such dechfon p N a,+y~l.gal adion is flow shall ba faevr lwned _ ~ ly filed, IM 1NCPOrty ~htiN a ~Ieb11NNd 1>y the ;•.. I Direda punww ro Ora clear d I1n C«ap Mvkp ;t ' .' fubdidlon ovr such datm.".,~~:: -, . ~ s T+1 7M bieda b avthaiasd to «idbish and t ~ edmhiWM proepaarp TOr Ills adrr>Inlslrrion and 1 dbpoeNion d umwmad prppMy oansMsM wih . . Ihh ordharw~ ' aor,4rioAOO~-rqukw , moor la-olMr mun~drberi and ~ iuch' In the;dsnlNiwtion.and,dilpoahbn`d~ sECtNx+ +. r. J Pm~+H ' TM fdbwing pwpeny.b hereby Ipcasptsd.! ~ ' hen tM provlsfens d Mb adinai+w - i S ' AlPropsrtywhloh.haaavdw.oElsa,IWt1N7;; ~ ' `:v:!e'in ,° L4 "" ~ ' . ya a ' doien fti6o 0D1 t~ ~ R1 Vehicles sul,jed to Nr~oui+drnenr pv+avanl ~~~ roChrptai iO.OB dfhb Cpdr.:;i t~=qr,<-~~^ $ECTION.ti. M tury P~-a~io'l wbaedion, , ' ! sentenaw clause a phraM-.d deb adrnalioa b ~ drtieion ~' is ant rsu6d Mldto M inwlid,~wch ~ shell rat dlsct Ma wlidily d the nmahing Por- _ SECTION 9, All bylaws. order. ; t'grn d Ihb adnanos; end the ,Taws 9aund rssoWllane.entl «d'nancea, a Parts IhereeF, In- ''. borsht dedarn N woilW, leave goosed this - a ~ rnlesurt, Ptoonsialsnoy~ Tl~ to~~ s he~ ardlnrlw. rod sad, ~Prr+.:asclloMeuGwlbn. ~ . ' ~ seMerwe, pl,wse a phrus Mred, rsgrdlas d no! IH canNrusd to revYS any bytew, enter, : 1M fad Ihet any ono a riots pans, eedi0u, resolullan. « ordnance. a pan 1Mred, there- .. su6aediau, e. ... clauses a ph,uee M Idare repeebd. INTRODUCED, READ. APPROVED AND OR• , dadrsd h,valk, .,,:....... ^ . SECT~N 8. The Town Council hra6y li,dt. ' DERED PUBLISHED ONCE 1N FU4.L ON FIRSF slersoe is ~ dstannitea, and declares ihr Mhord R£ADINO this 2nd day d June, 1092 and a pepy~~y ~ propr !« iM hesNh, w1dy, end pu6Ne hearing shall be Mid on Ihh Ordnance on we11a*s d tM Town d YaY and [M inhaGNeMa the 16th day d June, ,gBQ at 730 P•m. in the ; ~~{, ` y - Coundl Chertbem d IM Ve7 Mun{dpal RuNdhg, aho ' S£CTIOfi 7. The repel or the repeal tae. Caorado. TOWN OF VAIL 'j reeaeclmonl a any provlelon aF the Municipal ~ Cade of the Tarn or VaN as provided in this or- Mergrd A Oatartou ~ dlnence shall nd riled any right wh'rclr hm Mayor accrued, any duty inpoaed, any+nolalian that x- ' a ~ $ . ~ tarred prig to the elleclNe dale bred, arty Martha 8 Ra eal l '~ Preeawleln convrenced, n« any oilier action or lawn Cbdl il T i V ~ Praeedinge m wmmenoed undo a by virtue d a ra puhliehed M TM I e '~ the provision +epealed er rapeeled and g 2 on Juns lS. ~ leenaded. 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