As I look around Austin, I'm amazed at how many abandoned bikes there are around here. My apartment alone has 5 that I count, all just chained to stairwells or fences. They've just been sitting there rusting away for the last year. Some of them even have fairly decent (or at least cool) parts that I'd even be tempted to use if nobody else is using them - mafac centerpulls, northroad bars, or heck, even cable housing (because that stuff is EXPENSIVE).

Are there typically city ordinances or rules for when people can go ahead and move abandoned properties like these? It just kind of irks me to see these things 1) going to waste and 2) making the place look ratty.