Mayo is in Chicago (check under his username).

I advocated several options. If he didn't want to wait, from the sounds of it, I gave one imput. If he wanted to go about it legally, I gave a different, legally sanctioned option. It looked like you're arguing against what the city policy is, and to call them thieves based on caselaw that doesn't apply to the situation doesn't seem all that correct.

As I said before, call the city, let them come out and affix an abandoned bike notice, then make an appointment to meet with the city workers on the day they remove the abandoned bike. If he can wait 3 years, he can certainly wait 2 more weeks. I did that same thing myself that I recommended to Mayo, but in my case, the owner finally came with 2 days to go and removed the bike.

Koffee