(A) Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of this Chapter or any parking ordinance, rule, regulation or order of the Traffic Authority, such vehicle may be removed under the direction of a member of the Police Department by means of towing the vehicle to a towing garage. Such removal shall be at the risk and expense of the owner.
(B) Vehicles towed for any violation of this Chapter or any parking ordinance, rule, regulation or order of the Traffic Authority shall be stored in a safe place and shall not be restored to the owner of such vehicle until payment of towing and storage fees. Storage fees shall not be charged for any vehicle removed or towed to a designated Town owned garage or parking area.
(C) Whenever a Police Officer removes or causes the removal of a vehicle for a violation of this Chapter, or any parking ordinance, rule, regulation or order of the Traffic Authority, such Officer shall within a reasonable time, report such action to the Desk Sergeant on duty or other designated person who shall notify the owner of the vehicle upon the owner's inquiry of the removal and the reasons thereof, and the name and location where the vehicle is impounded.
(D) The owner of the vehicle impounded under this section shall have the right to contest such impoundment by application on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police.
(E) The owner of any vehicle impounded shall be duly informed as to which provisions of this Chapter, Town ordinance, rule, regulation or order of the Traffic Authority has necessitated the impoundment of said vehicle.
(F) Before the owner of any impounded vehicle shall be permitted to remove the impounded vehicle from such impound, such person shall provide evidence of his/her identity, and ownership, shall sign a receipt for such vehicle, and shall pay the cost of towing and storing for each day or portion of a day that such vehicle is stored by the tower in excess of the first twenty-four (24) hours.
(G) It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to keep a record of the names of the owners of all vehicles impounded, the nature and circumstances of each violation and the disposition of each case.
(H) The Town, its officers, agents, and employees shall not be liable for any damage done to any vehicle as a result of towing and storing affected under the terms of this Chapter.
(Ord. 368, passed 12-2-96)