(a) When it appears to a police officer of the City of Fairmont, any parking enforcement officer or such other authorized person that any vehicle which is occupying any metered parking space under the jurisdiction of the City of Fairmont or the City of Fairmont Parking Authority in a manner that violates any of the provisions of this Traffic Code or has been so placed in the past so as to result in a citation, ticket, fine or penalty to the owner or driver and which citation, ticket, fine or penalty has not been properly disposed of in accordance with the ordinance pertaining thereto, such officer, parking enforcement officer, or other authorized person, may immobilize or cause the immobilization of such vehicle until the owner or driver has satisfied any existing and past violations in accordance with the ordinances pertaining thereto, or until such vehicle so immobilized by such officer has been towed and impounded; provided, however, that the City shall post signs that the possibility of immobilization and towing exists.
(b) The owner or driver of any vehicle which has been immobilized shall, in addition to the fines and penalties provided for under the provisions of the Traffic Code, pay the sum of forty-five dollars ($45.00) as reimbursement to the City for the administrative costs associated with said immobilization and in addition thereto all towing and impoundment fees.
(c) No unauthorized person shall move any vehicle immobilized pursuant to this section prior to obtaining a release thereof from either the Judge or the Clerk of the Municipal Court or the officer in charge at the City Public Safety Building.
(d) Should any unauthorized person damage any property of the City while attempting to remove or removing an immobilization device, or moving a vehicle which has been immobilized pursuant to this section, that unauthorized person shall reimburse the City the cost of such damage.
(Ord. 1372. Passed 12-12-06.)