Any individual or wrecker firm (applicant) providing impoundment services for the town under this article will execute an agreement with the town similar to the agreement addressed in the accident towing policy with the exception of the following additional requirements.
(a) The applicant will agree to work closely and cooperatively with the Police Department, and if error is made in the impoundment of a vehicle, to promptly release such vehicle at the order of the Police Department without financial liability to either the individual vehicle owner or the town.
(b) If an owner of a stored vehicle requests a hearing by a Magistrate, and the Magistrate does not find probable cause for the vehicle to be stored, the towing firm must release the vehicle to the owner or person in charge of possession of the stored vehicle without any financial liability to the officer or the town or the owner or legal possessor of the vehicle.
(c) Any vehicle seized by the Police Department as evidence in a crime shall be towed to the town storage lot by a regular rotation wrecker. Firms that tow such vehicles will remain on top of the rotation list for next rotation call. The towing firm shall release any vehicle that is awarded to the Police Department by the courts without any financial liability to the Police Department or the town.
(Ord. passed 6-5-1991)