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 Osceola County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 22. TRAFFIC
 Article II. PARKING
 Division 1. GENERALLY

  § 22-37. Removing and impounding of illegally parked vehicles.  

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  • (a)

    Whenever any law enforcement officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street or highway in violation of section 22-36, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other persons in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or main-traveled part of the street or highway. Law enforcement officers are also hereby authorized to provide for the removal of any such vehicle when unattended utilizing any approved wrecker service, to be stored in a place of impoundment when the vehicle is found upon a bridge or causeway or on any public street or highway in violation of any provisions of this article and where such vehicle is so situated to cause an obstruction to traffic or an otherwise dangerous condition.

    (b)

    Whenever a law enforcement officer removes or causes to be removed a vehicle as authorized by this article and the officer knows or is able to ascertain the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, the law enforcement agency shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such of the fact of such removal, the reason therefor, and the place to which such vehicle is stored in a public or private storage facility. Such notice shall be transmitted to the owner as indicated on the vehicle registration information at the address indicated thereon.

    (c)

    The cost of towing or removing a vehicle impounded under this article and the cost of storing same shall be chargeable against the owner of the vehicle. The owner of the vehicle shall pay these charges before the vehicle will be released. The vehicle may be stored in a private or public place. If the vehicle is stored in a private place, the amount charged for storage shall be the amount customarily charged for storage by the private facility. If the vehicle is stored on county property, the charges for storage shall be set by the board of county commissioners. The charges to the owner for towing shall be the amount usually and customarily charged by the wrecker services. Disputes between the vehicle's owner and the private facility concerning rates, charges and conditions of storage shall be strictly between those parties and shall not involve the county or the law enforcement agency.

(Ord. No. 87-21, § 7)