HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 3227 - 2/23/2010 - IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLEORDINANCE NO. 3227
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH D IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES OF
SECTION 1-4-4-1 OF THE VILLAGE CODE THEREBY REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF REQUIRED TICKETS PRIOR TO THE IMPOUNDMENT OF ANY VEHICLE
FROM FIVE (5) TO THREE (3)
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove
Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Paragraph D. Impoundment Of Vehicles of Section 1-4-4-1 of the
Village Code be amended to read as follows:
1. Violation: Any vehicle, the owner or owners of which have a total of three
(3) or more unpaid citations for parking violations or violations in which a
"C" ticket was given, charging that such vehicle or other vehicles owned by
the same owner or owners was parked, stopped or driving in violation of
any ordinance of the Village, shall be deemed a public nuisance, and the
police department or any other agents of the Village assigned to traffic duty
are hereby authorized to remove, cause to be removed or impound in place
the offending vehicle at the sole cost and expense of the owner or owners
thereof.
2. Disposition Of Removed Vehicle: The disposition of removed vehicles
shall be in accordance with the Illinois vehicle code pertaining to
abandoned property.
Presumption Of Owner's Responsibility: The registered owner of a
vehicle, the owner of which has three (3) or more citations for parking
violations, or violations in which a "C" ticket was given shall be presumed
to be the owner and the operator of the vehicle at the time the citations
were issued and shall be responsible for the offense and the impoundment,
and all costs associated therewith.
4. Release Of Vehicle: Any vehicle removed or impounded in place pursuant
to this section will be released to its lawful owner upon the showing of
adequate evidence of the right to possession and upon the payment of all
accrued fines and costs for each outstanding unpaid citation or judgment
against a person or persons registered as the owner of the vehicle. In lieu
of payment of the amount due on any unpaid citation, the owner may
deposit a bond in the amount of $200.00 for his appearance in the Circuit
Court of Cook County to answer said violation or violations. A release
must be signed by an officer of the police department of the Village.
Section 2: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized to publish this
ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 23rd day of February 2010.
APPROVED this 23rd day of February 2010.
APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Judith M. Keegan, Village Clerk
PUBLISHED this 26th day of February 2010 in pamphlet form.
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