(a) The parking of vehicles on public or private property, excluding dedicated streets and ways set out for public travel and therefor otherwise regulated in these Codified Ordinances, is prohibited without the consent of the owner of private property or proper governmental agencies controlling the public property.
(b) No vehicle shall be parked on public property in violation of rules and regulations set out by the governmental agencies controlling the public property.
(c) No vehicle shall be parked on any private property in violation of any regulations set down by the owner of the private property.
(d) The provisions of divisions (a) and (c) hereof shall not be applicable unless the private or public property is posted in a conspicuous manner setting forth the prohibition of parking or the conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in these Codified Ordinances and subject to the requirements of this section, an owner of private property or his authorized agent may remove, or cause to be removed, vehicles parked upon his property in violation of the posted parking regulations.
(f) An owner of private property may create a "private tow-away zone" by posting thereon a sign, no smaller than eighteen inches by twenty-four inches and visible from all entrances to the private property, which contains at least the following information:
(1) A designation that the area is a "PRIVATE TOW-AWAY ZONE, UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED AWAY"; and
(2) The telephone number or numbers of the person or per soils from whom vehicles can be recovered; and
(3) A statement that "VEHICLES MAY BE RECOVERED AT ANYTIME DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT UPON PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND PAYMENT OF A TOWING CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINETY DOLLARS ($90.00), AND STORAGE CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWELVE DOLLARS ($12.00) PER 24-HOUR PERIOD OR PORTION THEREOF".
(g) The Director of Public Safety shall promulgate and publish a set of rules and regulations to implement this section as he deems proper, including the establishment of reasonable maximum rates for the removal and storage of any vehicle removed from private property. The rates established pursuant to this section shall be posted as provided in division (3) of division (f) hereof.
(h) No person shall remove or cause to be removed any vehicle from private property unless in conformance with this section. Whoever violates this section shall be deemed guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 118-74. Passed 7-22-74; Ord. 49-01. Passed 4-23-01.)