The Police Department and all members thereof assigned to traffic duty are hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by commercial towing service, any car or other vehicle illegally parked in any place where such parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant, obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle, or which has been parked in any public street or other public place for a period of more than 24 consecutive hours. Vehicles so towed away shall be stored on any village property or in a public garage or parking lot and shall be restored to the owner or operator thereof after payment of the expense incurred by the village in removing and storing such vehicles.
(Ord. 306, passed 12-7-1970)