HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-87-399 - 04/15/1987 - Ch 13 Authority to impound vehiclesORDINANCE NO. MC-87-399
AN ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MCHENRY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13-1221 of the City of McHenry
ordinance regulating traffic and motor vehicles be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 13-1_221. Authority to Impound Vehicles.
Members of the Police Department of the City of
McHenry are hereby authorized to remove any vehicle
from any street, highway, alley, municipal parking
lot and other- municipal property and to cause said
vehicle to be stored at the City Vehicle Pound or
authorized garage as determined and designated by
the Chief of Police under any of the following
circumstances:
(1) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any
bridge or upon any approach thereto, where such
vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
( 2 ) When a •vehicle is so disabled as to constitute
an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons
in charge of the vehicle are, by reason of physical
injury, incapacitated to such an extent as to be
unable to provide for its custody or removal.
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended and is so
parked illegally as to constitute a possible hazard
or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
(4) When any abandoned vehicle is found on any
street, highway, alley, municipal parking lot or
other municipal property.
(5) When any motor vehicle has been parked on any
street, highway, alley, municipal parking lot or
other municipal property for a period of 24
consecutive hours.
( 6 ) When any vehicle is parked in violation of
Section 13-1.214 ( snow removal) or 13-1219 (fire
lanes).
( 7 ) When any vehicle is parked in violation of
official signs indicating that parking, standing or
stopping is prohibited at all times or during
designated hours or prohibited for longer than
indicated on such sign.
Vehicles so towed away and removed shall be restored
to the owner or operator thereof after the payment
of the expense incurred by the City in removing and
storing such vehicles.
SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined
not less than Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense committed
on each day during_, or on which, a violation occurs or
continues.
SECTION 3. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in
conflict with the germs and provisions hereof, be and the
same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published in
pamphlet form by and under the authority of the corporate
authorities of the City of McHenry, Illinois.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication in pamphlet form, as provided by law.
PASSED this 15th day of April , 1987.
AYES: Bolger, Lieder•, McClatchey, Nolan, Serritella, Smith, Snell, Teta
NAYS: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
APPROVED this 15th day of April
ATTEST :
CITY CLERK
1987.
MAY