Any wrecker service, tow service, and/or auto body repair facility within the corporate limits of the City of Haven shall be required to maintain an impound lot for the purpose of temporary storage of certain dead, damaged, disabled, abandoned, or wrecked vehicles, or parts of the same. This shall not apply to a properly licensed salvage yard.

(Ord. 493; Code 2019)

Any such facility annexed into the City of Haven shall comply with this article within 60 days.

(Ord. 493; Code 2019)

These vehicles or parts of vehicles shall be placed in such impound lot within 72 hours and shall not be parked or placed outside of such lot except inside of an enclosed building or while in the immediate and constant process of repair of such vehicle.

(Ord. 493; Code 2019)

Any impound lot shall have a solid (opaque) fence, no less than 6 feet high, which shall completely enclose said impound area. Gates shall not exceed twenty (20) feet wide each and will remain closed when not in use. The fence and gats shall be constructed of a material, manufactured to be used as fencing, that is consistent with and/or complimentary to the neighboring structures. An impound lot shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.

(Ord. 493: Code 2019)

Violation of this article shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00. Each day of non-compliance with the provisions of this article shall be deemed a separate violation.

(Ord. 493; Code 2019)