(A) Members of the police department of this Village are hereby authorized to remove a vehicle, trailer or equipment from any public way to the nearest authorized garage or yard as determined and designated by the Director of Police Services under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated.
1. When any vehicle, trailer or equipment is left unattended upon any bridge or viaduct, or in any subway or tunnel, or upon any approach thereto, where such vehicle, trailer or equipment constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
2. When a vehicle, trailer or equipment upon any public way is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle, trailer or equipment are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
3. When any vehicle, trailer or equipment is left unattended upon any public way and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
4. When an abandoned vehicle, trailer or equipment is found on any public way or property.
5. When any vehicle, trailer or equipment is parked in violation of official signs, indicating that parking, standing, or stopping is prohibited at all times or during designated hours or prohibited for a longer time than indicated on such sign.
6. When any vehicle, trailer or equipment is parked on a street, alley or other public way within the corporate boundaries of the Village in violation of a Permit Parking Only restriction where signs are posted indicating that any parked vehicle, trailer or equipment without the required permit is subject to being towed and impounded.
(B) Whenever any vehicle, trailer or equipment is impounded or relocated as provided for in this Chapter, the police department shall attempt to determine the name and address of the owner thereof from the state registration records and shall immediately notify such owner in writing of the fact of such removal and impounding or relocation, the reason therefor, and the location of such vehicle, trailer or equipment.
(C) The owner of any vehicle, trailer or equipment towed and impounded as provided for in this Chapter may redeem such vehicle, trailer or equipment upon submission of proof of the owner's identity, ownership and right to possession of such vehicle, trailer or equipment, signing a receipt therefor and the payment to the Village of a fee of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for passenger vehicles and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any other vehicle, trailer or other equipment to cover the cost having the vehicle, trailer or equipment towed and removed. In addition to the fee due the Village, the owner shall be required to pay any fees that may be applicable for the towing and storing of the vehicle, trailer or equipment. Such towing and storage fees shall be paid to the tow company at the prevailing rate at the garage, yard or parking lot at which said vehicle, trailer or equipment is stored. The aforementioned fees shall be refunded to the owner or operator if it is later determined that the vehicle, trailer or equipment was not subject to being towed under this subsection.
(D) Whenever any vehicle, trailer or equipment impounded as provided for in this Chapter shall remain unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days from the day such vehicle, trailer or equipment was impounded and after notice has been given, such vehicle, trailer or equipment shall be disposed of as an unclaimed or abandoned motor vehicle under the authority of and in the manner provided by the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/4-208. (Ord. 2021-08, 4-1-2021)