4.—(1) A person must not, with an object, fixture or thing, obstruct, or cause or permit the obstruction of, the lawful use of any common property.
(2) The Town Council may remove and detain any object, fixture or thing obstructing the lawful use of any common property.
(3) The Town Council must, as soon as practicable after removing and detaining the object, fixture or thing, serve a written notice on —
(a)
a person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Town Council, to be the owner of the object, fixture or thing; or
(b)
if such a person cannot be found after reasonable inquiry, the person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Town Council, to have had lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing before its removal.
(4) The written notice in paragraph (3) must inform the person notified —
(a)
that the object, fixture or thing has been removed and where it is being detained; and
(b)
that the person may claim possession of the object, fixture or thing within 30 days after its removal and detention and upon payment to the Town Council of expenses reasonably incurred by the Town Council in removing or detaining the object, fixture or thing.
(5) If the object, fixture or thing is not claimed by the person notified under paragraph (3) within 7 days after service of the written notice, the Town Council may —
(a)
dispose of it by public auction or otherwise; and
(b)
apply the proceeds of the disposal to meet the expenses reasonably incurred by the Town Council under this by-law, and pay the balance (if any) of the proceeds to the notified person.
(6) The Town Council may recover from the notified person —
(a)
any expenses reasonably incurred by the Town Council under this by-law; and
(b)
where the object, fixture or thing is disposed of under paragraph (5) and the proceeds are insufficient to meet the expenses, the balance of the expenses.