Pursuant to Section 6109(a)(22) of the Vehicle Code,[1] the Township may remove and impound, or cause to be removed and impounded:
A. 
Vehicles that are parked overtime on any street in the Township in violation of any provision of Article III or Article IV of this chapter; and
B. 
Vehicles parked in metered and unmetered parking lots in violation of any ordinance enacted by the Township regulating such lots, provided that the Township operates such lots.
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a)(22).
Under the circumstances prescribed by § 480-45, the Police Officers of the Township are hereby given authority to remove and impound or to order the removal and impounding of any vehicle, provided that no vehicle shall be removed or impounded except in strict adherence to the provisions of this article.
Removal and impounding of vehicles under this article shall be done only by approved storage garages that shall be designated from time to time by the Commissioners. Every such garage shall submit evidence to the Commissioners that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the Commissioners as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded vehicles against loss or damage to vehicles while in the custody of the garagekeeper. An approved storage garage shall submit a schedule of charges for towing and storage of vehicles under this article to the Commissioners and, upon approval of such schedule by the Commissioners, such charges shall be adhered to by the approved storage garage, and no different schedule of charges shall be adopted nor demanded of or collected from any person whose vehicle is removed or impounded under this article by any approved storage garage without prior approval of the Commissioners. The Commissioners shall delete any garage that shall make any unapproved charge from its list of approved storage garages.
Within 12 hours from the time of removal of any vehicle under authority granted by this article, notice of the fact that the vehicle was removed shall be sent by the Chief of Police or his designee to the owner of record of the vehicle. The notice shall designate the place from which the vehicle was removed, the reason for its removal and impounding, and the garage in which it was impounded.
The payment of any towing and storage charges authorized under this article shall, unless payment is made under protest, be final and conclusive and shall constitute a waiver of any right to recover the money so paid. If payment of any towing or storage charges is made under protest, the offender shall be entitled to a hearing before a Magisterial District Judge or court of record having jurisdiction, in which case such defendant shall be proceeded against and shall receive such notice as is provided in the Vehicle Code[1] in cases of summary offenses and shall have the same rights as to appeal and waivers of hearing. Payment of towing and storage charges shall not relieve the owner or operator of any vehicle from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation of the provisions of this chapter on account of which the vehicle was removed and impounded.
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
The Chief of Police shall keep a record of all vehicles impounded under this article and shall, at all reasonable times, furnish the owners or the agents of the owners of those vehicles with information as to the place of storage of the vehicles.
No vehicle shall be removed under the authority of this article if, at the time of the intended removal, the owner or the person then in charge of the vehicle is present and expresses a willingness and intention to immediately remove the vehicle.