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,� ', , <br /> Section 2. That Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same <br /> is hereby, modified and amended, at Section 37 by adding a new subsection(k) thereto, and at Section <br /> 38 thereof, so that said Sections 37 (k) and 38 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: <br /> 37. REMOVAL OF VEHICLES ... <br /> (k) When a sound amplification system in any vehicle has been used in violation <br /> of Section 10 of Chapter 73 of the City Code. <br /> 38. PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLES. A. Except as <br /> provided in subsection B hereof, vehicles authorized for removal by Section 37 of this <br /> Chapter shall be removed as provided herein: <br /> (i) A police oi�cer may remove or cause to be removed a vehicle as <br /> authorized herein only after notice that such vehicle may be removed and that the <br /> owner of such vehicle is entitled to a hearing thereon is given to the registered owner <br /> thereof, except as provided in subparagraph (ri) hereof. If such vehicle is not properly <br /> registered or properly displaying license plates so as to permit the owner's name to be <br /> ascertained, the police officer shall affix such notice to said car. If the owner of such <br /> vehicle does not appear for a hearing as provided by said notice, such vehicle may be <br /> removed, but not sooner than seven days after such notice is given. If the owner of <br /> such vehicle does appear as provided, such vehicle may be removed immediately upon <br /> notification to the owner that probable cause exists to believe that the violation <br /> occurred as alleged. <br /> (ii) A police officer may remove or cause to be removed a vehicle as <br /> authorized herein without notice to the owner thereof whenever such vehicle is parked <br /> or abandoned so as to constitute an immediate hazard or obstruction to other vehicles <br /> on or seeking access to public streets or alleys, or so as to prevent or hinder repair to, <br /> or maintenance of, streets or alleys with temporary parking restrictions for that <br /> purpose, provided that notice as required in subparagraph (i) hereof is given to such <br /> owner, if the same can be ascertained, within 24 hours of such removal. If the owner <br /> of such vehicle appears as provided within seven(7) days after such notice is given, or <br /> within seven (7) days of removal if no notice was given, as the case may be, and it is <br /> found that no probable cause e�sts to believe that the violation occurred as alleged, the <br /> vehicle shall be released to such owner by the City without payment of any fees by such <br /> owner. <br /> (iri) If a vehicle is removed as provided in subparagraph (i) hereof or <br /> held in storage either after a hearing or after seven (7) days as provided in <br /> subparagraph (ri) hereof, such vehicle shall not be released to the owner thereof until <br /> payment of towing and storage fees is made; provided that, should such owner be <br /> found not guilty by a court of law of the parking violation which caused the removal of <br />