The Police Department of the City of Fulton is hereby authorized to remove or cause the removal of any vehicle left parked or standing on any street or parking lot of the City in violation of any provision of this chapter or rules or regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions thereof.
When any such vehicle is so removed, it shall be transported to a suitable storage space or garage. A record shall be made of the license number of the vehicle and the location at which the vehicle is stored, and the owner thereof shall, with due diligence, be notified by the Police Department of the place where said vehicle is located.
The cost of removal or towing shall include storage up to eight hours; shall be reasonable as is customary in the City of Fulton, and the cost of storage thereafter shall be reasonable as is customary in the City of Fulton; and such costs of removal or towing and storage shall be a charge against the owner of such vehicle. Before the owner or person in charge of such vehicle shall be entitled to remove the same, he shall pay the towing or storage charges, furnish evidence of his identity and ownership and give a proper receipt therefor. The reasonable as is customary in the City of Fulton charges as described shall be based upon what other providers of the same services charge in the City of Fulton.
The owner or keeper of any garage or other storage space where such vehicle shall be stored shall have a lien upon the same for his towing and storage charges at not to exceed the rates described above.
The removal and storage of such vehicle shall in no way prevent prosecution for the violation of any provision of this chapter upon which such removal was based.