(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or person in charge of any motor vehicle to allow it to remain on any public street, alley, or bridge within the Village for a period of 96 consecutive hours or more. Each consecutive 24-hour period a vehicle remains on a public street, alley, or bridge after the aforementioned initial 96 consecutive hour period shall constitute an additional offense.
(B) The police are hereby authorized to order any motor vehicle which shall have remained on any public street, alley, or bridge within the Village for a period of 96 consecutive hours, or more, to be removed if the motor vehicle shall not have been removed within 6 hours after notice to the owner or person in charge thereof to remove the same, or if the owner cannot be readily found for the purpose of the notice, the police shall cause the vehicle to be removed to some suitable place to be designated by the Chief of Police; and the owner of the vehicle so removed shall, upon complying with § 72.67, be entitled to the return of the motor vehicle.
(C) Whenever a police officer has given written notice to the owner or person in charge of an illegally parked vehicle to remove the same as described in § 72.67, and the owner or person in charge of the vehicle fails to do so within 96 hours, he or she shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500. In addition, he or she shall be fined for each additional offense each day constituting an additional offense as long as the vehicle remains in the public right-of-way.
(Prior Code, § 8-40) (Ord. 1997-19, passed - -; Ord. 1999-51, passed 6-15-2000) Penalty, see § 70.99