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(a) Permanent improvements on the premises, excluding site development materials, constructed, placed, or purchased by the lessee remain the lessee’s property as long as a lease for the premises remains in effect with the lessee, including renewals, any period of extension approved by the City pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or any period of holdover.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in a land lease, at the expiration, cancellation, or termination of a lease that is neither extended nor followed by a successive lease, the departing lessee may do one (1) or more of the following:

(1) Remove lessee-owned permanent improvements from the premises, remediate any contamination for which the lessee is responsible, and restore the premises to a clean and neat physical condition acceptable to the City within ninety (90) days after the expiration, cancellation, or termination date of the lease; or

(2) Sell lessee-owned permanent improvements to the succeeding lessee, remove all personal property, remediate any contamination for which the lessee is responsible, and leave the premises in a clean and neat physical condition acceptable to the City within sixty (60) days after notice from the City that the City has approved an application for a lease of the premises by another person or such longer period specified in the notice, but in no event more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the expiration, termination, or cancellation date of the lease.

(c) If the lessee does not timely remove or sell the lessee-owned permanent improvements on a premises in accordance with the requirements of this section, any remaining permanent improvements and any remaining personal property of the departing lessee will be considered permanently abandoned. The City may sell, lease, demolish, dispose of, remove, or retain the abandoned property for airport use as the City determines is in the best interest of the City. The lessee shall, within thirty (30) days after being billed by the City, reimburse the City for any costs reasonably incurred by the City, including legal and administrative costs, to demolish, remove, dispose, clear title to, or sell the abandoned property and to remediate and restore the premises.

(d) Site development materials that a lessee completes or places on a premises become part of the City-owned realty and property of the City upon completion or placement. The lessee:

(1) Must maintain the site development work and site development materials throughout the term of the lease or successive lease, including any extensions and periods of holdover; and

(2) May not remove the site development materials unless the City approves in writing.

(Repealed and Reenacted Ord. 2998-2018)