Section 2627. Immobilization.
(A) Any vehicle which has accumulated four (4) or more notices of violation of any parking regulations or regulations issued, for which there has been neither payment of waiver fees nor issuance of court process, and which is then parked in violation of any such provision may at the option of any officer authorized to enforce the parking regulations of the city, be immobilized in place until all waiver fees established pursuant to 30 M.R.S.A. section 2151, for all such outstanding notices of violation have been paid or until the requirements of section 2627 (B) (2) or (3) have been met.
(B) Any person having the means to release such immobilized vehicle shall not release it until the individual requesting its release presents satisfactory evidence of his or her right to possession and signs a receipt therefor, and
(1) The chief of police or his duly authorized representative certifies that all waiver fees have been paid; or
(2) Until the chief of police or his duly authorized representative shall certify the posting of a bond equal to the total of all previously accumulated waiver fees which should have been remitted for said overdue notices of violation; or
(3) Upon certification of the chief of police or his duly authorized representative that such person has both:
(a) Demonstrated that he or she is unable to pay the accumulated waiver fees by reason of poverty, having provided satisfactory proof of such status; and
(b) Accepted service of process initiating a court proceeding to determine his or her liability for the prescribed penalty for such alleged violations.
(C) Whenever any person requests the right to post bond pursuant to section 2627 (B), such bond shall be refunded in the amount of the waiver fee for each alleged violation upon acceptance by such person of service of process initiating a court proceeding to determine his or her liability for the prescribed penalty for such alleged violation. Any bond shall be forfeited unless the person posting it requests and accepts service of such designated representative within thirty (30) days of posting unless prevented from doing so by the actions or inaction of the City of Gardiner.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with or to attempt to remove any immobilizing device attached to a vehicle. Notwithstanding other penalty provisions contained in these regulations, the penalty for any such violation shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
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