1990 015 Ordinance - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

19 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty _ 303.09 (b) Records. The Chief of Police shall maintain a record of motor vehicles that he orders into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 and of vehicles removed from private property in his jurisdiction that is established as a private tow-away zone of which he has received notice under Section 303.082. The record shall include an entry for each such motor vehicle or vehicle that identifies the motor vehicle's or vehicle's license number, make, model and color, the location from which it was removed, the date and time of its removal, the telephone number of the person from whom it may be recovered, and the address of the place to which it has been taken and from which it may be recovered. Any information in the record that pertains to a particular motor vehicle or vehicle shall be provided to any person who, either in person or pursuant to a telephone call, identifies himself as the owner or operator of the motor vehicle or vehicle and requests information pertaining to its location. (c) Removal and Storage Charges. The owner of a motor vehicle that is ordered into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 or of a vehicle that is removed under authority of Section 303.082 may reclaim it upon payment of any expenses or charges incurred in its removal, in an amount not to exceed forty dollars ($40.00) and storage in an amount not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per twenty-four hour period and upon presentation of proof of ownership, which may be evidenced by a certificate of title to the motor vehicle or vehicle. If a motor vehicle that is ordered into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 remains unclaimed by the owner for thirty days, the procedures established by Ohio R.C. 4513.61 and 4513.62 shall apply. (ORC 4513.60) 303.09 LEAVING JUNK AND OTHER VEHICLES ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION OR NOTIFICATION. No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio R. C. 4513.63 on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the prop- erty or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the ri€;ht of way of any road or highway, for forty- eight consecutive hours or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving the vehicle in such place. For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima.-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality. (ORC 4513.64) 1990 Replacement