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(A) When authorized by the laws of this state, members of the Police Department may remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the city.
(B) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in this section, and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner, such officer shall immediately cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal, the reasons therefore, and the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor.
(C) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this section and is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then the officer shall immediately cause to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the State of Indiana, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored.
(Ord., passed 11-20-78; Am. Ord. 2006-09, passed 4-17-06)
(A) Whenever a police officer has knowledge that a person has failed to satisfy five or more parking or traffic citations and that an arrest warrant has been issued for such person for these citations, and whenever the officer finds any vehicle registered in the name of such person upon any street, he or she may impound or immobilize such vehicle.
(B) Immobilization of a vehicle under this section shall be in a manner as to prevent its operation by means of a device which will cause no damage to the vehicle unless the vehicle is moved. Notice of immobilization shall be attached to the vehicle in a conspicuous manner.
(C) After impounding or immobilizing a vehicle under this section, notice shall be given in writing to its owner.
(Ord., passed 11-20-78; Am. Ord. 2006-09, passed 4-17-06)
(A) Unless another penalty is expressly provided by law, every person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine upon the following fine schedule:
First offense $20
Second offense $50
Third offense, and each thereafter $100
(B) Any fee hereunder may be paid to the Clerk Treasurer for the city, with all such fines being deposited into the city’s General Fund.
(C) In any addition to the monetary penalty hereinabove provided, any vehicle parked in violation of this section, may be moved by the Police Department and all towing, storage and expense charges shall be paid by the owner or operator of the vehicle towed directly to the authorized towing service. Neither the Police Department nor the authorized towing service is liable for loss or damage to the vehicle during its removal or storage.
(Ord. 1979, passed 5-7-79; Am. Ord. 2002-02, passed 3-12-02; Am. Ord. 2006-09, passed 4-17-06; Am. Ord. 2012-011, passed 12-17-12)