(A) From and after the effective date of this chapter, the Chief of Police of the Town of Granite shall be and he or she is authorized and directed to cause the impoundment in any public or private storage yard or place of vehicles under the following circumstances:
(1) When the vehicle is parked on private property without the consent first had and obtained of the owner, occupant or person in charge of the private property and after complaint in written form signed by the owner, occupant or person in charge of the property;
(2) When any such vehicle is found parked in front of or blocking any private driveway or public alley;
(3) When such vehicle is found parked between the curb of a public street and a private property line, unless permitted under the code of the town;
(4) When such vehicle has had issued against it three or more parking tickets, which parking tickets are delinquent and unpaid on the date of such impoundment.
(`85 Code, § 16-63)
(B) Prior to the impoundment of any vehicle found in violation of the provisions of division (A) of this section, a written complaint shall be signed by the owner of private property or the occupant or person in charge thereof or by the investigating officer, and the complaint shall be verified by the Town Attorney after investigation. The complaint shall thereafter be filed with the Clerk of the Municipal Criminal Court of Granite. Upon the payment of the fine fixed, either on plea of guilty or after conviction, and after the payment of any other penalties, and in particular those required in division (A) of this section, the Clerk of the Court shall issue to the owner of any such vehicle a receipt for the payment of the fine and other penalties lawfully assessed against the owner. The owner of the vehicle, upon presentation of the receipt to the owner or person in charge of the storage yard or place in which his or her said vehicle has been impounded, shall be entitled to have delivered over to him or her his or her vehicle after the payment of towing and storage charges which shall be in the rates and amounts as established by the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission or any other applicable state or federal law. (`85 Code, § 16-64)