(A) Any off-road vehicle operated on the streets of the town by an unlicensed operator or without the equipment required by this chapter of Indiana law shall be impounded by the enforcing officer. Said
off-road vehicle shall be held until retrieved by the owner and a properly licensed operator.
(B) If the off-road vehicle is improperly equipped as required by this chapter or Indiana Law for operation on the streets of the town, then it shall only be released to be hauled away upon a properly licensed vehicle capable of safely hauling the same.
(C) An off-road vehicle shall not be released from impoundment until:
(1) It is properly registered as by law required;
(2) The actual charge for the towing of the vehicle to the place of impoundment is paid; and
(3) Storage charges in the amount of $5 per day, or part thereof, have been paid.
(D) The town shall not be responsible for any loss or damage sustained by any off-road vehicle so impounded or stored hereunder. Off -road vehicles not reclaimed within 30 days from the date of impoundment shall be deemed abandoned and shall be sold as surplus property.
(Ord. 2019-04, passed 7-15-2019)