It shall be unlawful for any person or entity
to place, park or, in the case of a person who is the owner, lessee,
or otherwise has an interest in the object, to allow to remain any
object other than a motor vehicle in the cartway of any street, alley,
or way of the Township. In order to prevent the obstruction of storm
sewer inlets, it shall further be unlawful for any person to deposit
vegetation, debris, or rubbish upon the streets in the Township.
The Township shall have the authority to remove
and impound, or to order the removal and impounding of, any object
or vehicle found in the cartway of the streets or alleys of the Township.
Bonding, storage, removal and impounding of
objects under this article shall be done only by municipal personnel
or "approved agents" that shall be designated from time to time by
the Township. Every such approved agent shall submit evidence to the
Township that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in
an amount that is satisfactory to the Township as sufficient to indemnify
owners of impounded objects against loss or damage to those objects
in the custody of the approved agent. The approved agent shall have
an approved storage area and shall submit to the Township a schedule
of charges for removal and storage of objects under this article,
and when the schedule is approved by the Township, those charges shall
be adhered by the approved storage agent; no different schedule of
changes shall be demanded or collected from any person whose object
is removed or impounded under this article by any approved storage
agent. The Township shall delete from its list of approved storage
agents and areas any such agent that makes any unapproved charge in
connection with objects removed or impounded under this article.
The payment of removal and storage charges shall
not remove the owner, lessee, or other person having any interest
in such an object from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation
of the provisions of this article for which the object was removed
or impounded.
In order to reclaim an object removed pursuant to the provisions hereof, the owner, lessee or other person having an interest therein shall pay removal and storage costs according to the schedule approved by the Township as specified in §
193-62 above.
The Township shall cause a record to be kept
of all objects impounded under this article and shall be able at all
times to furnish the owners, lessees or other persons having an interest
in said object with information as to the place of storage of the
object.
No object shall be removed under the authority
of this article if, at the time of the intended removal, the owner
or the person in charge of such object is present and expresses a
willingness and intention to remove the object immediately.