All full-time and part-time members of the Police Department
of the Borough are hereby authorized to remove and impound or to order
the removal and impounding of any vehicle parked on any of the streets,
highways or public property in the Borough in violation of any provision
of the law or of any ordinance of the Borough; provided, however,
that no such vehicle shall be removed or impounded except m strict
adherence to the provisions of this article.
The following garages are hereby designated as approved storage
garages, as pounds for the storage of such impounded vehicles:
Name of Garage
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Address
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Jim Bowe and Bowe Dodge Truck Center, Inc.
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Butler Pike and North Lane, Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania.
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Every such approved storage garage or pound shall be bonded
in the amount of $3,000 for the indemnifying of the owner of every
such impounded vehicle against the loss thereof or injury or damage
thereto while in the custody of such poundkeeper.
The towing charge to be collected by every such poundkeeper
shall be $25 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and $30 from 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 a.m., and the storage charge shall be $2.50 for the first day
and $2.50 for each additional day.
Within 12 hours from the time of removal of any vehicle under
authority granted by this article, notice of the fact that such vehicle
has been impounded shall be sent by the Chief of Police of the Borough
to the owner of record of such vehicle. Such notice shall designate
the place from which such vehicle was removed, the reason for its
removal and impounding and the pound in which it shall have been impounded.
The Chief of Police shall keep a record of all vehicles impounded
and shall be able at all reasonable times to furnish the owners or
the agents of the owners thereof with information as to the place
of storage of such vehicles.
The payment of towing and storage charges authorized by this
article shall not operate to relieve the owner or operator of any
vehicle from liability for any fine or penalty for violation of any
law or ordinance on account of which such vehicle was removed and
impounded.
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.