[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-29]
A.
Any vehicle, located upon any public street, public place, or municipal
parking lot, which is disabled to the extent that the operator cannot
remove it or which is abandoned or any unoccupied vehicle parked or
standing in violation of any City ordinance either for a period exceeding
three hours or in such a manner to pose a menace to the safe and proper
regulation of traffic and parking or any vehicle owned by a person
against whom there are outstanding warrants for parking or traffic
violations issued by the City of Englewood shall be deemed a nuisance,
and any law enforcement officer of the City of Englewood may cause
or provide for the removal and impoundment or immobilization of said
vehicle.
B.
The City of Englewood, its agents, servants, or employees shall not
be liable in any manner for damage incurred in the towing, storage,
immobilization, possession, or disposition of any vehicle which is
removed, impounded, or immobilized pursuant to the provisions of this
article.
A.
Before regaining possession of any vehicle which has been removed
and impounded, the owner shall pay the reasonable costs of removal
and storage of such vehicle and any outstanding fines or court costs
imposed for any traffic or parking offense committed within the City
of Englewood.
B.
With respect to any vehicle immobilized by a boot or similar device,
the owner thereof shall pay a fee of $25 (or such other fee as may
from time to time be established by the applicable ordinance establishing
fees for the City of Englewood) to the City of Englewood, together
with any outstanding fines or court costs imposed for any traffic
or parking offense committed within the City of Englewood, prior to
the removal of such immobilization device by the City of Englewood.
C.
No person shall damage or remove, or cause to be damaged or removed,
any immobilization device placed upon a vehicle by the City of Englewood,
nor move or cause to be moved any vehicle upon which any immobilization
device has been placed by the City of Englewood, except in accordance
with the provisions hereof.
A.
Immediately after a vehicle is so removed, the Chief of Police, or
a member of the Police Department acting for him, shall notify the
registered owner, in writing, by personal service or by mailing such
notice by certified or registered mail to the last known address of
such owner, of the removal of the vehicle, the reason for same, and
the location of the vehicle.
B.
Upon placing any immobilization device upon a vehicle, a notice shall
be affixed to the vehicle advising the owner thereof of the procedure
to procure the removal of such immobilization device by the City of
Englewood.
