A. Parking Prohibited; Vehicles to be Towed:
1. Parking Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to park or cause to be parked any vehicle on any public street within the corporate limits of the village at any time within a twenty four (24) hour period after an accumulation of two inches (2") or more of snow.
2. Emergency Towing: It shall be deemed an emergency for any car or other vehicle to be in violation of subsection A1 of this section or for any parked vehicle to otherwise prevent or obstruct the plowing or removal of snow from public streets, and the police department and all members thereof are hereby authorized to remove and tow away or cause the removal and towing by a commercial towing service of any such car or other vehicle. Cars or vehicles so towed shall be taken to and stored in designated locations and shall be restored to the owner or operator upon the payment of all towage and storage fees in such amounts as hereinafter provided. The police department shall notify the owner of any such vehicle removed of its location as soon as is reasonably possible in accordance with police department procedures established therefor.
3. Towage: The fee for the removal of cars or vehicles, whether by commercial service or by village operated vehicles, shall be the rate as posted by the police department. In addition thereto, the owner or operator may be subject to an additional charge for preparation of the vehicle for towing if the vehicle is embedded or positioned in such a manner that normal towing services cannot be readily performed. In addition, a storage fee as posted by the police department will be applicable for each day the vehicle is in storage. Such fees shall be in addition to any fines, penalties or court costs which may be assessed for the violations of any of the provisions of this section or any other ordinance violation. (Ord. 3068, 2-14-2006)
Payment of towing, preparation and storage fees shall be paid directly to the commercial establishment which rendered the service, or, in the case of the village's operated vehicles, directly to the village.
4. Nonliability Of Village: The village shall not be liable for any damages which may occur to any car or vehicle as a result of any towing, preparation or storage as provided herein.
5. Unlawful Removal Of Vehicle: It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, cause the removal of or be in the possession of any car or vehicle taken from a designated storage location without first having paid all towing, preparation and storage fees as above provided.
B. Obstruction Of Snow Removal: It shall be unlawful for any person and/or for any agent of any person to:
1. Plow or otherwise remove accumulated snow from a private parking lot and deposit same on a village street or right of way.
2. Plow snow from a private driveway and deposit same on a village street in such a manner so as to decrease the drivable width of any such street.
3. Obstruct, harass, prevent or otherwise interfere with any employee of the village engaged in snow removal service or to obstruct, cause damage to or otherwise interfere with any village owned or leased vehicle used in conjunction with snow removal services.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and, in addition thereto, shall be responsible and make full payment for any damage to village property. Citations for violations of this subsection may be issued to the owner of the property involved and also to any industry or firm which acts as an agent for any such owner.
(Ord. 1276, 2-13-1979; amd. 1992 Code)