(A) See penalty schedule in § 37.02.
(B) Any motor vehicle found in violation of § 72.15 may be towed by order of the Police Department and stored at the owner’s expense.
(C) (1) Any person who fails to pay parking violation fees as shown in § 37.02 shall be subject to the following.
(a) Any vehicle shall be towed away, if an owner fails to pay two unpaid parking violations.
(b) Any vehicle towed for violation of parking regulations shall be subject to the towing fee and storage fee as outlined in § 90.02.
(2) Any owner whose vehicle has been towed may, within seven days of the towing, request in writing to the City Clerk a hearing before the Board of Public Works and Safety. If the towing is found by the Board to have been unjustified, the owner may recover only the charges for reclaiming the impounded vehicle, and not the payment of delinquent parking tickets.
(3) Any person requesting a hearing before the Board of Public Works and Safety may, within ten days after the Board’s decision, take an appeal to the County Circuit or Superior Court. The appeal shall only effect the amount of towing and storing charges assessed hereunder.
(D) (1) Any vehicle which is parked in a resident only parking area without permission of the owner of the permit shall be towed at the expense of the operator or owner of the vehicle. The vehicle shall not be released from impound until the towing and any storage fees have been paid.
(2) In addition to the penalty in division (D)(1) of this section, any person who violates § 72.20 shall be fined $25.
(Ord. 4188, passed 7-18-1941; Ord. 4573, passed 8-27-1956; Ord. G-65-214, passed 8-2-1965; Ord. G-79-775, passed 11-12-1979; Ord. G-80-787, passed 3-3-1980; Ord. G-84-18, passed 7-3-1984; Ord. G-97-174, passed 3-20-1997; Ord. G-97-225, passed 12-18-1997; Ord. G-98-271, passed 9-28-1998; Ord. G-01-01, passed 1-4-2001; Ord. G-01-24, passed 6-4-2001; Ord. G-09-15, passed 5-4-2009; Ord. G-10-31, passed 10-21-2010; Ord. G-18-04, passed 2-15-2018)