[Ord. No. 252, §1]
Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately
take a person before the judge of the municipal court for the violation
of any traffic laws, a police officer who halts a person for such
violation other than for the purpose of giving him a warning or warning
notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall
issue to him a uniform traffic ticket which shall be proceeded upon
in accordance with Supreme Court Rule No. 37.
[Ord. No. 252 §1; Ord. No. 1669 §4, 1-21-2003; Ord. No. 1744 §2, 2-3-2004]
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or
stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance
of the City or by State law, the officer finding such vehicle shall
take its registration number and may take any other information displayed
on the vehicle which may identify its user and shall conspicuously
affix to such vehicle a uniform traffic ticket or other citation for
the driver to answer to the charge against him within seven (7) days
during the hours and at a place specified in the traffic ticket.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking
under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to
a uniform traffic ticket affixed to such motor vehicle within a period
of five days, the traffic violations bureau shall send to the owner
of the motor vehicle to which the traffic ticket was affixed a letter
informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event such
letter is disregarded for a period of five days a warrant of arrest
will be issued.
[Ord. No. 159 §§2-3; Ord. No. 601 §§1-2; Ord.
No. 1095 §2, 4-19-1994]
(a) Any member of the police department, upon the discovery of any vehicle
illegally parked or abandoned as provided in any traffic control ordinance
of the city, may take such vehicle into his custody and may cause
the same to be removed and stored in a proper place. No liability
is attached to the officer ordering the removal and storage of such
vehicle or for damage caused thereto or resulting therefrom, and any
person towing or storing such vehicle at the request of any member
of the police department shall have a lien on such vehicle for the
towing and storage charges incurred.
(b) Guidelines established in section
13-146 shall be used for disposal of vehicles impounded and not redeemed.