[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Troy 8-6-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987 (Art. XXVI of Sub-Part
C of Part 1 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Chief of Police and/or the Chief Fiscal Officer
of the City shall have the power and authority to provide for the
removal, immobilization and storage of vehicles parked in violation
of any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation and of vehicles on which
there are outstanding traffic warrants or fines for parking violations
in excess of $50.
[Amended 5-5-2011 by Ord.
No. 2]
B.
Such vehicles may be immobilized and/or removed and
stored by or under the direction of a member of the Department of
Police and/or the Chief Fiscal Officer of the City by means of towing
or other means of removal, by securing the use of a wheel lock or
other immobilization devices and by storing at a public or private
impoundment lot as designated by the Chief of Police.
[Amended 5-5-2011 by Ord.
No. 2]
C.
Such removal, immobilization and storage shall be
at the expense and risk of the owner of the vehicle.
When an immobilization device is used, the Police
Department or its agents shall attach to the vehicle, in such form
as directed by the Chief of Police, a notice containing the following
information:
A.
The location and identifying characteristics of the
vehicle;
B.
Date and time of placement of the device and signature
of the installer;
C.
Notice that further parking restrictions will be waived
during the immobilization period;
D.
Notice that any person tampering with the device or
the vehicle will be subject to prosecution and liable for any loss
to the City;
E.
The steps which the owner must take to obtain release
of the vehicle; and
F.
Such other information, statements, notices and warnings
as the Chief of Police shall determine.
A.
Any attempt by any person to tamper with, deface,
remove or destroy an immobilization device or to move by any means
a vehicle towed or secured as herein provided may result in the prosecution
of such person for any offense separate from and in addition to the
parking violations; in addition, such person shall be liable for any
loss suffered by the City due to any such attempt.
B.
Any person found guilty of attempting to tamper with,
deface, remove or destroy an immobilization device or moving by any
means a vehicle towed or secured as herein provided shall be considered
guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $250
or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
A.
Any vehicle removed, immobilized or stored as herein
provided shall be promptly released to its owner upon the payment
of outstanding parking fines and the satisfaction of outstanding traffic
warrants. Said owner shall be charged a fee of $125 for towing or
$155 for towing during a declared snow emergency for each vehicle
so removed, immobilized or stored; and, in the event a vehicle is
stored as provided herein, a storage fee of $25 per day will be charged
commencing 24 hours after the time of the tow as indicated on the
tow sheet.
[Amended 12-6-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001; 12-5-2013 by Ord. No. 86; 3-5-2015 by Ord. No. 22]
B.
While a vehicle is immobilized as herein provided,
any parking restrictions of which such vehicle may be in violation
shall be suspended and waived as they apply to such vehicle.
