(A) Subject to division (B) below, whenever it is made to appear to appropriate village officials that abandoned or junked motor vehicles exist within village limits, the village may have the vehicles removed to a storage yard or area and thereafter may dispose of them in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) No motor vehicle may be removed from private property without the written request of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises.
(C) The village may require any person requesting the removal of a junked or abandoned motor vehicle from private property to indemnify the village against any loss, expense, or liability incurred because of the removal, storage, or sale thereof. Under no circumstance shall the village be required to tow or cause to be towed any vehicle.
(D) No agent or employee of the village, no person or occupant of the premises from which any derelict or abandoned vehicle shall be removed, nor any person or firm contracting for the removal of or disposition of any such vehicle shall be held criminally or civilly liable in any way arising out of or caused by carrying out or enforcing any provision of this chapter.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4 § 4.3) (Ord. R-2019.10, passed 8-20-2019)