(A) The Town Marshal, or any other law enforcement official duly selected or named to enforce the provisions of this subchapter, may remove any vehicle or personal property from the Town Hall property to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage maintained by the town, when any vehicle or personal property is parked on the Town Hall property in violation of the terms and conditions of this subchapter.
(B) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle or personal property from the Town Hall property as authorized by this subchapter, and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration record in the vehicle or otherwise the name and address of its owner, that officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to that owner of the fact of the removal, and the reason for it, and the place to which the vehicle or personal property has been removed. If any vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of that notice shall be given to the proprietor of that garage.
(C) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from the Town Hall property as herein stated, and does not know or is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as provided in division (B) above, and if the vehicle is not returned to the owner within 72 hours after the removal, then the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of that removal by U.S. mail to the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and shall file a copy of that notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which that vehicle shall be stored. The notice shall include a description of the vehicle, the date and time from which it was removed from the Town Hall property, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(D) Whenever an officer removes personal property from the Town Hall property under the provisions of this subchapter, and does not know or is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is not able to give the notice to the owner as provided in division (B) above, and if the personal property is not returned to the owner within 72 hours after removal, then the officer shall cause to be placed in the office of the Marshal of the town a description of the personal property, the date and time when such was removed, and the name of the garage or place where the personal property is stored.
(E) Any public garage taking or holding personal property or a vehicle under the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled to charge and assess against such vehicle and/or personal property, and/or the owner thereof, such reasonable hauling, transport, towing and storage fees as such public garage shall normally impose when so acting as and to such a vehicle or personal property, and such public garage shall be under no duty to release such vehicle or such personal property until all such charges have in fact been paid by the owner or other person claiming the same.
(Ord. 337, passed 3-10-1996) Penalty, see § 72.99