Selling County Land at Auction

A. Disposition of real property shall be made at public auction, after public notice pursuant to subsection (C), unless the council finds that it is in the public interest to dispose of the real property in another manner and adopts a resolution to that effect, approved by two-thirds of its members. B. The auction shall be conducted by the director or an authorized representative and held at the director's office or at a site designated by the director that is located in the community plan area where the real property is situated and accessible by the public. C. Notice of any proposed disposition by auction shall be published at least once in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, the last publication to be not less than five days before the date of the auction. Notice of the auction shall contain the following: 1. Time and place of auction. 2. General description of the real property, including the address and the tax map key. 3. Specific use for which the disposition is intended, if any. 4. Upset price. D. The map showing the metes and bounds description and the classification of the land shall be kept in the office of the director and shall be open for inspection at all reasonable hours. (Ord. No. 4274, § 2, 2016; Ord. 1558 § 1 (part), 1986)