The Town Clerk shall periodically obtain from
the Courts of the State of Delaware or the Town Alderman's Court and
provide the Police Department with the licenses and registration numbers
of motor vehicles which have outstanding and overdue parking violations,
which citations total in amount $25 or more in unpaid fines or total
in number of three or more parking tickets. If any such motor vehicle
is found parked on the street of the Town of Milton, it shall be towed
and impounded in some convenient garage or other storage facility
within the Town; and before the same shall be released therefrom,
the owner thereof shall pay all unpaid parking violation or citations
issued to such vehicle, the costs of towing, a reasonable charge for
storage, not to exceed $2 for each day or part thereof that the vehicle
is so stored and any court costs. In addition, said owner shall sign
a receipt for such motor vehicle prior to its being released to him
by the storage facility. In the event payment is made under protest,
a bail bond for further appearance shall be posted as required by
the court.
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person to operate or have under his control any
truck, except for the purpose of making a delivery, over a gross weight
of 5,000 pounds within the corporate limits of the Town of Milton.
B.
The provisions
of this section shall be applicable to any truck owned by the Town
of Milton or a truck of an independent contractor performing maintenance
on said street.
Unless otherwise more specifically provided,
any person violating the provisions of this article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, upon conviction thereof, and shall be fined
not less than $50 nor more than $100 or imprisoned for a term of not
more than five days, or both, and shall pay the cost of prosecution.
