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1. The director is authorized to seize any non-permitted or abandoned news box or any news box in substantial non- compliance with its permit or this Section. Any news box that is the subject of more than three (3) violation notices within its license year shall be presumed in substantial non-compliance. 2. If the distributor is known, the director shall provide the distributor (i) with ten (10) days written notice and opportunity to cure before the seizure, and (ii) written notice after the seizure. If the distributor is unknown, the director shall have posted, within ten feet of where the news box is seized, a notice that the machine or device has been seized, signed by the person seizing the machine or device, along with the address and telephone number of the office of the director of finance. 3. The director shall hold any seized news box for thirty (30) days, after which the director shall remove any funds from the news box. If not claimed by the distributor within that time, the news box may be sold at public auction and the proceeds, including any retrieved coinage, used as provided in Section 5.04.230. If the news box is not purchased at auction, the director may dispose of the news box at the distributor's cost. News box seizures shall not relieve the distributor from any penalty for violation of this section. G. Appeals 1 . Any person aggrieved by a final determination of the director may appeal in writing to the city manager within five business (5) days thereof. The appeal shall assert specific grounds for review, and the city manager shall render a decision on the appeal within fifteen (15) business days of its receipt affirming, reversing or modifying the determination of the director. The city manager may extend this time period for the purpose of any investigation or hearing deemed necessary. A decision affirming the director's determination shall be in writing and supported by findings establishing the basis of the decision. 2. Any person aggrieved by a final determination of the city manager may file a petition for review pursuant to Chapter 536 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, in the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis. Such petition shall be filed within thirty (30) days after the city manager's final determination. Section 2. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Ordinance or the section created thereby shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Page 6 of7