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device, electric power -assisted bicycle, or moped for which a license plate, tag or decal has been issued pursuant to & 15-52 of the city code, if the record owner has been notified by mail at the • address provided in the license application) then the property may be released to the finder; (2) In all other cases the property shall be sold pursuant to &20-59 of the city code, or, at the option of the city, donated to a charitable organization. (b) For the purposes of this section the terms moped electric personal assistive mobilily device and electric power -assisted bicycle shall mean and refer to the vehicles defined by those terms within 646.2- 100 of the Virginia Code. 3. Chapter 20 (Police), Article III (Unclaimed Property in Police Custody) of the City Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 20-57. Holding period; notice to owner or finder. (a) All property referred to in 6 15-251 of the city code shall be held and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of that section. (b) A] property referred to in section 20-56 and not disposed of pursuant to section 20-61 (other than property referenced in subparagraph (a), above) shall be held by the police department, awaiting a claim by the rightful owner thereof, for at least sixty (60) days, during which time the police department shall make reasonable attempts to notify the rightful owner that such property is available to be claimed. If the property was turned over to the police department by a finder or finder's agent and it remains unclaimed • by the rightful owner for at least sixty (60) days, the police department shall give notice of such fact to the finder of such property at the finder's last known address. The finder shall be allowed thirty (30) days from the date of such notice to claim such property. Approved by Council September 20, 2004 AAo��/ C e k of City Council 0