(a) The charges for all impounded motor vehicles impounded by the Police Department under any section of law shall be as follows:
(1) Fifty dollars ($50.00) basic administrative fee; and
(2) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for the time the impounded motor vehicle is in storage, thirty days maximum.
(b) In addition to the charges in subsection (a), the owner may also be required to pay for towing services other than those described above, and for any service performed by the City in order to properly maintain said impounded motor vehicle.
(c) An impounded motor vehicle shall be released to the owner or other person authorized by the owner to claim the motor vehicle only upon the payment of all impound and towing charges.
(d) Impounded motor vehicles which are stolen and abandoned by a thief or which were disabled at the time of impoundment may be released without charge or at a reduced charge at the discretion of the police chief upon evidence establishing that the motor vehicle was stolen or disabled at the time of its impoundment.
(e) The owner or person entitled to possession of an impounded motor vehicle which is retained in police custody for law enforcement purposes not related to the original impoundment shall not be responsible for any impounding fees related solely to the continuing possession of the motor vehicle by the City of Celina for law enforcement purposes.
(f) After ten days, if the vehicle has not been retrieved, the Police Chief may cause a filing for an abandoned vehicle title. If the City obtains ownership of the vehicle, the City shall waive all fees relating to the impoundment listed in this section.
(Ord. 5-21. Passed 3-22-21.)