(A) (1) Upon the order of any police officer, a motor vehicle which is deemed a public nuisance or is abandoned or driven by an individual who has been arrested and taken into custody may be removed and impounded in the manner herein provided.
(2) If the owner or operator requests that the vehicle be towed to any garage other than the towing contractor’s, and provided before the tow, the owner shall advance to the towing contractor a sum estimated to equal the minimum towing charge as established by the towing contract and upon arrival to the requested garage and prior to the release of the vehicle, the owner or operator shall advance to the towing contractor a sum equal to the actual minimum towing charge under the towing contract less the estimated towing charge paid at the time of the tow; neither the towing contractor nor the Police Department shall order the vehicle to be impounded in any storage facility or impound lot designated hereunder unless the Police Department considers possession of the motor vehicle necessary in the prosecution of a violation of law.
(B) Any vehicle ordered impounded by the Police Department under this chapter shall immediately be tagged for identification by the Police Department, which tag shall show the disposition of the car ordered by the Police Department, and the reason for which impounded. The tag shall be delivered to the towing contractor with the tow sheet.
(‘81 Code, § 19-71) (Ord. 228, passed 8-27-79; Am. Ord. 547, passed 12-22-92)