(A) The Police Department and all members thereof are hereby authorized to remove and tow away or to direct a commercial towing service to tow away any vehicle in violation of this chapter, or that may be lost, stolen or unclaimed.
(B) Towed vehicles shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with 625 ILCS 5/4-201 to 5/4-214.
(C) (1) When a vehicle removal from a public property is authorized by a police officer, the owner of the vehicle will be responsible for the towing costs and storage fees.
(2) When a vehicle removal from a private property is authorized by a police officer, the owner of the vehicle or the owner of the property from which the vehicle has been removed will be responsible for all towing costs and storage fees.
(3) The aforereferenced costs shall be in addition to any fine levied for violation of this chapter. The towing company shall be permitted to retain the vehicle until all reasonable commercial towing and storage fees are paid.
(D) All towed vehicles shall first be searched for valuables and the contents inventoried.
(E) In any event any emergency arises necessitating the removal of any vehicle upon any public way, members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove or relocate any such vehicle from one location to any other location.
(Prior Code, § 6-8-3) (Ord. 85-7, passed 8-5-1985; Ord. 2004-32, passed 12-20-2004) Penalty, see § 74.99