Source: https://ecode360.com/6998357
Timestamp: 2018-03-24 19:23:20
Document Index: 540701805

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 6109', '§ 187', '§ 7311', '§ 101']

Township of West Hanover, PA Removal and Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles
Ch 187 Art V Removal and Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles
§ 187-36 Statutory authority; applicability and scope.
§ 187-37 Authority to remove and impound.
§ 187-38 Tow-away zones designated.
§ 187-39 Designation of approved storage garages; bonding; towing and storage.
§ 187-40 Payment of towing and storage charges.
§ 187-41 Reclamation costs.
§ 187-42 Records of vehicles removed and impounded.
§ 187-43 Restrictions upon removal of vehicles.
§ 187-44 Violations and penalties.
§ 187-45 Reports and disposition of unclaimed vehicles.
Chapter 187: Vehicles and Traffic Article V Removal and Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles
This part is enacted under authority of § 6109(a)(22) of the Vehicle Code[1] and gives authority to the Township of West Hanover to remove and impound those vehicles which are parked in a tow-away zone and in violation of parking regulations of this chapter. Vehicles which have been abandoned (as defined by the Vehicle Code) or which are parked in such a manner as to interfere with traffic or pose a hazard to others may be towed under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
The Township shall have authority to remove and impound or to order the removal and impounding of any vehicle parked overtime or otherwise illegally, provided that the circumstances of its parking were within the conditions stated in § 187-36 of this article, and further provided that no such vehicle shall be removed or impounded except in strict adherence to the provisions of this article or the provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
The following designated streets and/or parking lots are hereby established as tow-away zones. Signs shall be posted to place the public on notice that their vehicles may be towed for violation of the Township parking regulations.
Street or Parking Lot
[Added 4-16-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03]
Jonestown Road (T-601) and Buckley Drive (T-494)
Removal and impounding of vehicles under this chapter shall be done only by approved storage garages that shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Supervisors. Every such garage shall submit evidence to the Board of Supervisors that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the Board of Supervisors as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded vehicles against loss or damage to those vehicles while in the custody of the garage keeper for the purpose of towing or storage. The approved storage garage shall submit to the Board of Supervisors its schedule of charges for towing and storage of vehicles under this chapter, and, when the schedule is approved by the Board of Supervisors, those charges shall be adhered to by the approved storage garage; no different schedule of charges shall be demanded of or collected from any person whose vehicle is removed or impounded under this chapter by any approved storage garage. The Board of Supervisors shall delete from its list of approved storage garages any garage that makes any unapproved charge in connection with any vehicle removed or impounded under this chapter.
In order to reclaim his vehicle, the owner shall pay towing and storage costs, plus a fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, of which an amount as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation by the garage to which the vehicle was taken.
If after a period of 15 days the vehicle in storage remains unclaimed, a report shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), in accordance with § 7311 of the Vehicle Code,[1] by the person having legal custody of the vehicle. If the vehicle has not been claimed after 30 days, the vehicle may be transferred to a licensed salvor who will then be responsible for filing the proper reports and disposing of the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 73 of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended).