(a) An administrative towing fee is hereby established and the Police Department is hereby authorized to charge an administrative towing fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30.00) to the owner of any vehicle seeking release of the vehicle from impound. The administrative towing fee shall not be applicable in the event that the vehicle is not returned to or claimed by the owner and shall be in addition to any fee that is charged by any agency that contracts with the Village of Mingo Junction for police ordered tows. Such fee may be increased from time to time by the Chief of Police to reflect the actual increase in costs associated with processing the police ordered tow of a vehicle. The Chief of Police shall notify Council of such increases not less than thirty days prior to the effective date of the increase.
(b) No vehicle shall be released from impoundment until said fee has been paid.
(c) Each towing company shall provide a monthly accounting of all such fees collected and shall remit all such fees to the Village by the fifth day of each month.
(d) An administrative fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) for the processing of vehicle affidavits shall be charged to any towing company seeking title to an impounded/towed vehicle after said vehicle being impounded for a period of ten days.
(Ord. 2016-20. Passed 12-13-16.)