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No person nor the town may be held to answer in a civil or criminal action to any owner or the person legally entitled to possession of an abandoned, junked, lost or stolen motor vehicle for removing and/or disposing of the vehicle as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. passed 6-2-2003)
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any vehicle:
(A) Which is located in a bona fide “automobile graveyard” or “junkyard” as defined in G.S. § 136-143, in accordance with the Junkyard Control Act, in G.S. §§ 136-141 et seq.;
(B) Which is in an enclosed building;
(C) Which is on the premises of a business enterprise being operated in a lawful place and manner if the vehicle is necessary to the operation of the enterprise; or
(D) Which is in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the town.
(Ord. passed 6-2-2003)
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or attempt to remove from any storage facility designated by the town any vehicle which has been impounded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter unless and until all towing and impoundment fees which are due or bond in lieu of such fees, have been paid.
(Ord. passed 6-2-2003) Penalty, see § 10.99
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