(A) In the event the notice provided for in § 93.05 is not complied with, and except as provided in division (B) below, the village shall obtain a warrant and shall cause the towing or removal of the motor vehicle from private property.
(B) (1) In the event a request for hearing before the Village Board was properly made and the Village Board determined by majority vote that the said vehicle is an inoperable and/or unlicensed and/or unregistered and/or abandoned motor vehicle for purposes of this chapter, then the Village Board shall set a reasonable date by which said vehicle shall be disposed of or enclosed within a building.
(2) Said date shall be no less than seven days after the date of hearing.
(3) In the event said vehicle is not disposed of or enclosed within a building by the said date set by the Village Board, then the village shall obtain a warrant and shall cause the towing or removal of the vehicle without further, prior notice thereof.
(4) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of said vehicle to deliver a written notice to the Village Clerk and to provide documentation and/or demonstration of operability or that the motor vehicle has properly licensed and/or registered if said vehicle has been put into operable and/or licensed and/or registered condition prior to towing or removal of said vehicle.
(5) In the event no such written notice is received by the Village Clerk prior to towing or removal, it shall be presumed that said vehicle remains inoperable, and/or unlicensed, and/or unregistered, and/or abandoned and may be towed or removed in accordance herewith.
(C) Whenever a vehicle is towed or removed by a towing service pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the owner of the vehicle and the owner or occupant of the property upon which such inoperable motor vehicle is located shall be jointly and severally responsible for all towing and storage charges unless otherwise determined by the Village Board pursuant to hearing as provided in § 93.06.
(D) Within 48 hours of the removal of such vehicle, the Village Clerk or village’s Police Department shall send notice to the registered owner of the vehicle and lien holder, if known, and also to the owner or occupant of the private property from which the vehicle was removed that said vehicle(s), has been impounded and stored for violation of this chapter. The notice shall give the location of where the vehicle(s) is towed and the costs incurred by the village for removal.
(E) Any vehicle towed or removed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be stored and claimed or disposed of in accordance with the applicable provisions of the state’s Vehicle Code, as amended, entitled “Abandoned Lost, Stolen or Unclaimed Vehicles.”
(Ord. 2018-02, passed 4-17-2018) Penalty, see § 93.99