[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Sharon
Hill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[The Borough has elected not to codify the Traffic Ordinances
of the Borough. A complete record of the current regulations, as amended,
is maintained on file in the Borough offices.]
[Adopted 6-8-1971 by Ord. No. 1008 (Ch. 121, Art. VIII,
of the 1972 Code)]
Any vehicle found upon a public highway or public property in
the Borough of Sharon Hill in violation of any ordinance of the Borough
of Sharon Hill shall be removed upon the orders of the police or the
Mayor of the Borough of Sharon Hill.
[Amended 9-14-1977 by Ord. No. 1062; 3-10-1982 by Ord. No. 1110; 5-15-2014 by Ord. No. 1367]
Removal and impounding of vehicles under this chapter shall
be done only by approved storage garages that shall be designated
as the pound. The Borough Council shall designate the pound from time
to time by resolution.
[Amended 9-14-1977 by Ord. No. 1062; 3-10-1982 by Ord. No. 1110; 5-15-2014 by Ord. No. 1367]
Such pound shall submit evidence to the Borough that it is bonded
or has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the
Borough as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded vehicles against
loss or damage to those vehicles while in the custody of the pound
keeper for the purpose of towing or storage.
[Amended 1-8-1987 by Ord. No. 1162; 1-16-1992 by Ord. No. 1215; 1-25-2001 by Ord. No. 1278; 5-15-2014 by Ord. No. 1367]
The pound shall submit to the Borough Council its schedule of
charges for towing and storage of vehicles under this article and,
when the schedule is approved by the Borough Council, those charges
shall be adhered to by the approved storage garage; no different schedule
of charges shall be demanded of or collected from any person whose
vehicle is removed or impounded under this article by the pound. In
addition to the charges charged by the pound hereunder, the owner
of the vehicle shall pay a reclamation fee in the amount of $25 to
the Borough of Sharon Hill, which shall cover administrative costs;
proof of payment of the reclamation fee is required before the pound
may release the vehicle. Such fees and charges stated herein may be
amended from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
Within 12 hours from the time of the removal of any motor vehicle,
notice of the fact that such motor vehicle has been impounded shall
be sent by the Borough of Sharon Hill Police Department to the owner
of record of such motor vehicle, designating the place from which
said motor vehicle was removed, the reason for its removal and impounding
and the pound in which it has been impounded.
The payment of any charges imposed under this article, unless
such payments shall be made under protest, shall be final and conclusive
and shall constitute a waiver of any right to recover this money so
paid.
In the event that the removal, towing, storage and impounding
charges are paid under protest, the person so paying shall be entitled
to a hearing before a Magisterial District Judge, in which case said
person shall be proceeded against and receive such notice as is provided
by the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The period
of time in which the information under said Vehicle Code must be filed
shall be computed from the date of the removal or towing or the date
of payment under protest, whichever is later.
