6-3-3: - FEES AND STORAGE CHARGES; WAIVER; LIEN:

A.

Waiver: If, upon the reclaiming of an impounded vehicle by the owner thereof, it shall be made to appear to the police chief by evidence satisfactory to him that the said vehicle was stolen from the owner thereof and that the owner is not responsible for the cause for which such vehicle was impounded, the police chief may waive the impounding fee, and, if said vehicle has been kept and stored in a pound maintained by the city itself, the storage charges assessed against said vehicle.

B.

Fee and Expense a Lien: The impounding fee levied hereby and all storage charges and all costs and expenses incident to the giving of notice of impounding and to the sale of said vehicle as herein provided shall be a lien upon the impounded vehicle, which lien may be summarily foreclosed in the manner hereinafter provided.

(1985 Code § 12-3-4; Ord. 815, 9-25-2012)