§ 73.06 REMOVAL OF VEHICLES BY TOWING WITHOUT NOTICE.
   (A)   With notice, any village law enforcement official will have the power to authorize the removal of vehicles by towing under the following circumstances:
      (1)   Any abandoned, derelict or inoperable motor vehicles and/or parts, whether on public or private property and in view of the general public;
      (2)   When a vehicle is abandoned on a highway within the village, for a period of ten hours or more. Such a vehicle is deemed a traffic hazard and constitutes an immediate threat of death, bodily injury or property damages; or
      (3)   When a vehicle is abandoned on private property and a complaint is registered by the property owner.
(1999 Code, § 24-7-7)
   (B)   (1)   Any vehicle specified in division (A) above may be towed and/or removed if the following conditions are met:
         (a)   A notice is sent to the registered owner and/or person in control of the inoperable motor vehicle and/or parts informing them they must dispose of the vehicle and/or parts within seven days from the issuance of the notice; and
         (b)   The notice shall be sent by certified mail and shall contain an opportunity for a hearing prior to the removal.
      (2)   This division (B) shall not apply to any motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use, to operable historic vehicles or to a motor vehicle on the premises or place engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(1999 Code, § 24-7-8)
(Ord. 09/10/2002-2, passed 9-10-2002; Ord. 04/10/2012-1, passed 4-10-2012)