The registered owner or the agent or agents of the owner shall be liable to the city for an administrative fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any and all applicable fines, costs, towing, and storage fees. The administrative fee shall be collected by and paid to the city. Additional towing or storage fees, or both, shall be collected by and paid to the person, firm, or entity that tows or stores the vehicle impounded pursuant to section 6-2-8 of this chapter. The administrative fee provided for in this section shall be waived by the city upon submission of verifiable proof that the vehicle was stolen at the time that the vehicle was impounded.
If an individual tried for a violation of a state or federal law resulting in a motor vehicle's impoundment receives a judgment of "not guilty" in a court of competent jurisdiction, said administrative fee shall be refunded to the owner of record. A disposition of court supervision is not a judgment of "not guilty".
Unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, any fine, penalty, or administrative fee imposed under this section which remains unpaid in whole or in part after the expiration of the deadline for seeking judicial review under the administrative review law may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. 402, 3-24-2015, eff. 3-24-2015)