It shall be unlawful for any owner or person in charge of a vehicle to remove said vehicle from the place where it was towed or placed in storage, or from a place where said vehicle was parked on a public street, other than a snow emergency route by order of the police department, without first paying or securing to be paid the towing and/or storage charges incurred as a result of the order of said police department, either directly with the operator of the towing and storage facility or with the police department if said vehicle was towed to a parking place on a public street other than a snow emergency street.