Police officers for the Borough of Bath are hereby authorized
to remove and impound any vehicle parked upon any street, alley, highway
or public property in the Borough in violation of any provision of
traffic or parking law enforced by police officers including, but
not limited to, this chapter. Police officers for the Borough may
impound such vehicle or vehicles in accordance with applicable law.
Borough of Bath Code Enforcement Officers are each hereby authorized
to remove and impound any vehicle parked upon any street, alley, highway
or public property in the Borough in violation of any parking provision
of this chapter.
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 Borough Council and in accordance with Article
IX of this chapter. Every such garage shall submit evidence to the Borough Council that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the Borough Council as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded vehicles against loss or damage to those vehicles while in the custody of the garage keeper for the purpose of towing or storage. The approved storage garage 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 adopted without approval of the Borough Council, and no different charges shall be demanded of or collected from any person whose vehicle is removed or impounded under this article by any approved storage garage. The Borough Council shall delete from its list of approved storage garages any garage that makes any unapproved charge in connection with any vehicle removed or impounded under this article.
Within 24 hours from the time of removal of any motor vehicle
or conveyance under authority granted by this article, notice of the
fact that the vehicle or conveyance was removed shall be sent by the
Borough to the owner of record of the vehicle. The notice shall designate
the place from which the vehicle or conveyance was removed, the reason
for its removal and impounding and the garage in which it was impounded.
The Borough shall cause a record to be kept of all vehicles
impounded under this article and shall be able at all reasonable times
to furnish the owners or the agents of the owners of those vehicles
with information as to the place of storage of the vehicle.
No vehicle shall be removed under the authority of this article
if, at the time of the intended removal thereof, the owner or person
for the time being in charge of such vehicle is present and expresses
a willingness and intention to remove such vehicle immediately.