(a) For services rendered by authorized towing companies, as set forth in this Chapter, such towing companies shall charge towing and storage for services rendered, an amount not to exceed that set forth in the following schedule:
Service | Fee | |
(1) | For all towing services performed wholly within the Village, except as otherwise provided for herein | $125.00 |
(2) | For all towing services for a motorcycle two with trailer performed wholly within the Village | $125.00 |
(3) | For storing vehicles for each 24 hour period or fraction thereof | $20.00 |
(4) | For storing vehicles less than four hours | $12.00 |
(5) | Towing with flatbed truck | $150.00 |
(6) | Cleanup of accident site (removal of glass, injurious substances and normal debris where cleanup takes more than one hour) | $25.00 per hour or fraction thereof |
(b) There is hereby established an administrative charge in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) which shall be assessed against the owner of any vehicle impounded pursuant to this Chapter, for the purpose of recovering a portion of the Village's administrative costs incurred in the removal and impounding of the vehicle. The administrative charge may be paid directly to the Village, taxed as costs in any related civil or criminal proceeding, or collected with the towing and storage fees when the vehicle is claimed. Unless the authorizing towing company holding the vehicle has received official notice that the fee has been paid, the fee shall be collected when the owner or the owner's representative claims the vehicle, and if not paid directly to the Village, shall be remitted to the Village by the towing company within thirty (30) days. An impounded vehicle shall not be released without the administrative charge first being paid. Any towing company failing to collect and remit the administrative charge in accordance with this subsection shall forfeit its designation as an authorized towing company for the Village.
(Ord. 2014-7-18. Passed 7-8-14.)
(c) All of the moneys received under the provisions of Section 303.13(b) shall be collected and disbursed as follows:
(1) Effective January 1, 2015, the first $5,000 of funds collected during the calendar year shall be deposited in the Police Department fund under the Village’s Annual Budget to be utilized for the benefit of that department and for other such purposes as permitted for that fund.
(2) Effective January 1, 2015, all funds collected beyond the $5,000 as set forth in subsection (c)(1) hereof shall be deposited into the General Fund of the village to be utilized for the operation of the Village.
(Ord. 2014-10-26. Passed 11-12-14.)