[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as added by Ord. 785, 5/13/1996, § 2]
This Part shall be applicable to any vehicle which is parked
in violation of any parking regulation in this Chapter and which is
determined to be either registered to an owner who has three or more
unresolved and delinquent violations of parking regulations of the
Town or which is the subject of an outstanding warrant from any other
law enforcement agency.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as added by Ord. 785, 5/13/1996, § 2]
The Town shall have authority to immobilize any vehicle parked illegally under circumstances described in § 15-1001 of this Part by application or attachment of a vehicle immobilization device, commonly referred to as a "parking boot."
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as added by Ord. 785, 5/13/1996, § 2]
Upon attachment of the immobilization device to a vehicle, the
police officer shall affix to the vehicle a notice directing the owner
or operator of the vehicle to contact the police department for information
on obtaining the release of the vehicle. In addition, within 12 hours
after the application of the immobilization device, notice of the
fact that such vehicle has been immobilized shall be sent by the Chief
of Police to the owner of record of such vehicle. Such notice shall
designate the place where the vehicle is immobilized, the reason for
its immobilization and the procedure for obtaining its release.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as added by Ord. 785, 5/13/1996, § 2;
as amended by Ord. 876, 6/28/2004, § 6; and by Ord. 920,
2/9/2009, § 18; and by Ord. 964, 2/23/2015]
An illegally parked vehicle which has been immobilized as the
result of its owner having three or more delinquent parking violations
shall be released upon payment in full of any fines and costs relating
to such overdue and delinquent violations, plus a processing fee in
an amount to be established, from time to time, by resolution of Town
Council for the use of the Town of Bloomsburg. An illegally parked
vehicle which is immobilized in response to an outstanding warrant
from another law enforcement agency shall not be released until such
time as said warrant shall be canceled.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/9, 1978; as added by Ord. 785, 5/13/1996, § 2]
The payment of any applicable fines or costs for delinquent
violations as a condition for release of an immobilized vehicle shall
not operate to relieve the owner or operator of such vehicle from
liability for any fine or penalty for the violation of any parking
regulation pursuant to which said vehicle was immobilized.
