The administrative fee for a vehicle impounded pursuant to this chapter shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00). If an administrative fee is imposed pursuant to this chapter, such fee shall constitute a debt due and owing the city. If a cash bond has been posted pursuant to this chapter the bond shall be applied to the fee. If a vehicle has been impounded when such a fee is imposed, the city may seek to obtain a judgment on the debt and enforce such judgment against the vehicle as provided by law. Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, a vehicle shall continue to be impounded until the fee is paid to the city and any applicable towing fees are paid to the tower, in which case possession of the vehicle shall be given to the person who is legally entitled to possess the vehicle or the vehicle is sold or otherwise disposed of to satisfy a judgment to enforce a lien as provided by law. If the administrative fee and other applicable fees are not paid within thirty (30) days after an administrative fee is imposed against an owner of record who defaults by failing to appear at the posttow hearing, the vehicle shall be deemed unclaimed and shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law for the disposition of unclaimed vehicles. In all other cases, if the administrative fee and applicable fees are not paid within thirty (30) days after the expiration of time at which judicial review of the hearing officer's determination may be sought, or within thirty (30) days after an action seeking judicial review has been resolved in favor of the city, whichever is applicable, the vehicle shall be deemed unclaimed and shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law for the disposition of unclaimed vehicles under the Illinois vehicle code. (Ord. 2898, 12-1-2014)