(a) No vehicle impounded under the provisions of this chapter shall be removed from such vehicle pound except upon the payment to the officer or other person in charge of such pound, by the owner, chauffeur, driver or the person in charge of such vehicle, of a towing service charge and a storage charge. However, no storage charge shall be made or collected for the first twelve hours such vehicle is held and impounded, and no storage or service charge shall be made or collected from the owner if such person was not the legal owner of such impounded vehicle on the date the impoundment took place.
(b) In case protest against the payment of such impounding fee is made by the claimant under oath and denying the violation, there shall be given to him by the officer in charge of such pound, upon the payment by the claimant of the sum of ten dollars ($10. 00) and accrued storage charges, a receipt for the same, marked "Paid Under Protest.”
(c) It shall thereupon be the duty of the officer having knowledge of the facts forthwith to file an affidavit in the Mayor' s Court, charging the owner, chauffeur, driver or other person in charge of such vehicle, with the violation of this Code or other traffic ordinances or rule on account of which the vehicle was impounded. However, in case such person was subsequently found not guilty by the court of committing the violation on account of which the vehicle of such person was impounded, it shall be the duty of the City Manager to cause to be refunded to such person a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) and accrued storage charges so paid under protest.