It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle for a period of time
in excess of the amount of time designated by law and so posted.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any paved portion of any
street for the purpose of:
(A) Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
(B) Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except when emergency
repairs are necessary.
It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle on any private
property without the consent of the owner of the property.
The Police Department and all members thereof assigned to traffic
duty are hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed
and towed away by commercial towing service, any car, boat, trailer,
or other vehicle illegally parked in any place where such parked vehicle
creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire
hydrant or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency
vehicle; or any vehicle which has been parked in any public street
or other public place for a period of 24 hours. Vehicles towed away
shall be stored on any Village property or in a public garage or parking
lot and shall be restored to the owner or operator thereof after payment
of the expense incurred by the Village in removing and storing such
vehicle(s).
Any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting
parking a vehicle in a designated area or restricting the length of
time a vehicle may be there parked, may settle and compromise the
claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the
Village $25 for each such offense. Such payment may be made at the
Village Hall and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received
and such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer to be
credited to the general fund. The members of the Police Department
are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for
the alleged offense involved for at least 48 hours; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so
as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where Police and
Fire Department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or
housed or so as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital. Nor
shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a vehicle
so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley or parking
in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way
traffic only; nor to any person who refuses to remove a vehicle illegally
parked at the request of any member of the Police Department.
The fact that a vehicle which is illegally parked or operated
is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie
proof that such person was in control of the vehicle at the time of
such violation.