A. Responsibility Of Property Owner: No person in charge or control of any property within the Village, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any abandoned, partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer than seven (7) days, and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the Village for a longer time than seven (7) days; except, that this chapter shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place or manner by the Village. (Ord. 05-10, 10-3-2005)
B. Towing Vehicles:
1. When a motor vehicle or other vehicle is abandoned on a highway in the Village ten (10) hours or more, its removal by a towing service may be authorized by order of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department.
2. When an abandoned, unattended, wrecked, burned or partially dismantled motor vehicle or other vehicle is creating a traffic hazard because of its position in relation to the highway or its physical appearance is causing the impeding of traffic, its immediate removal from the highway or private property adjacent to the highway by a towing service may be authorized by order of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department.
3. When a vehicle removed from either public or private property is authorized by order of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department, the owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for all towing costs.
C. Impoundment: The Kankakee County Sheriff's Department is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place within the Village which reasonably appears to be left or abandoned in violation of this chapter or lost, stolen or unclaimed. Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/4-2-1 et seq. (Ord. 05-10, 10-3-2005; amd. 2019 Code)