5208GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3 November 2022

5208 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3 November 2022 14.4 Notice to redirect or repair sprinklers Where a lawn or garden is being watered with a sprinkler, which is on the lawn or the garden, in a manner which causes or may cause an inconvenience or obstruction to any person using a thoroughfare, the local government or an authorised person may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting the lawn or the garden requiring the owner or the occupier or both to move or alter the direction of the sprinkler or other watering equipment. 14.5 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on thoroughfare Where anything is placed on a thoroughfare contrary to this local law, the local government or an authorised person may give a notice to— (a) the owner or the occupier of the property which abuts that portion of the thoroughfare where the thing has been placed; or (b) such other person who may be responsible for the thing being so placed, requiring the relevant person to remove the thing. 14.6 Notice to repair damage to thoroughfare Where any portion of a thoroughfare has been damaged, the local government or an authorised person may by notice to the person who caused the damage order the person to repair or replace that portion of the thoroughfare. 14.7 Hazardous plants (1) Where a plant in a garden creates or may create a hazard for any person using a thoroughfare, the local government may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting the garden to remove, cut, move or otherwise deal with that plant so as to remove that hazard. (2) Clause 14.7(1) does not apply where the plant was planted by the local government. Division 3—Lost property 14.8 Lost property and unclaimed property in a locker (1) A person who finds an article which may have been left on or lost by another person on local government property must immediately deliver that article to a manager, attendant or other employee of the local government. (2) If an article in a locker is not claimed or collected at the expiry of the period of hire or before the close of operations of the local government property or public place on the date of hire, the article may be removed by an attendant or authorised person. (3) In respect of any article removed from a locker or otherwise left on local government property, an authorised person, manager or attendant must record in the unclaimed property register— (a) a description of the relevant article; (b) the time and date when the article was removed from the locker or identified; and (c) if an original receipt exists in respect of the hire of the locker, the time and date recorded on that original receipt. (4) An authorised person, manager or attendant must ensure that an article removed from the locker or otherwise left on local government property is stored at a place for storing lost property determined (5) An authorised person, manager or attendant may deliver to a person an article recorded in the unclaimed property register provided that the attendant or authorised person has received— (a) satisfactory evidence of the person’s right to obtain the article; (b) an accurate description of the article being claimed; and (c) payment of any outstanding fees or storage charges. (6) A person who receives delivery of an article from the unclaimed property register must, by way of acknowledging receipt of the article, write his or her name and address and sign his or her name in the unclaimed property register. (7) If an article is not claimed or collected within a period of 1 month the local government may dispose of the article in any manner that the local government sees fit. (8) This clause will not apply where a local government considers an item left on local government property or a public place to be, in its absolute discretion, suspicious or dangerous.