§ 9.90.010. Definitions.

Unless otherwise required by context or use, words and terms shall be defined as follows:

City manager means the city manager or the manager's designee.

Defaced firearm means any firearm the manufacturer's serial number of which, or other distinguishing number or identification mark of which, has been removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed.

Illegal weapon means and includes a blackjack, bomb, firearm silencer, defaced firearm, machine gun, any shotgun having a barrel or barrels less than 18 inches long or an overall length of less than 26 inches, any rifle having a barrel less than 16 inches long or an overall length of less than 26 inches, any gas gun designed for projecting gas-filled projectiles which release their contents after having been projected from the device, any projectiles designed for use in a device defined as an illegal weapon under this section, metallic knuckles, switch-blade knife, any knife that has a blade released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force which blade when so released is locked in place by means of a button, springs, lever, or other device, any other weapon that is illegal to possess under the ordinances of the city, state statute, or federal law, and any weapon in the possession of a person who is barred by law from possessing such weapon.

Owner means a person or entity, including a corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity other than the city, or a duly authorized legal representative or successor in interest of such entity, which owns unclaimed property held by the city.

Unclaimed property means and includes 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 city and which has not been claimed by its owner for a period of more than three months after it became payable, distributable, or returnable; but does not include any abandoned motor vehicle, the disposition of which is otherwise provided for by law, nor any illegal weapon nor other property the possession of which is illegal under city, state, or federal law. The term includes, but is not limited to, property found or recovered by any person and turned in by such person to the city, which property is thereafter unclaimed by either the owner or the finder of the property.

(Code 1977, § 9.90.010; Ord. No. 1077-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 1196-1995, § 1)