(A) A disabled vehicle upon a street or highway may be impounded under the following circumstances:
(1) If left unattended and improperly parked on a street or highway;
(2) If left unattended longer than 48 hours on the shoulder of any highway; or
(3) If the person in charge of the vehicle is physically incapacitated to such extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
(B) An unattended vehicle left upon any bridge, viaduct, causeway, or within the structure of grade separation may be impounded.
(C) Whenever the driver or person in charge of any vehicle is placed under arrest, taken into custody, and detained by police under circumstances which leave or will leave a vehicle unattended on any street or highway, the vehicle may be impounded.
(D) A vehicle left unattended upon any street, alley, or thoroughfare and so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic shall be impounded.
(E) When any derelict vehicle is discovered by the Police Department to have been parked upon any street in the town for a period of 72 hours or more, the Police Department is authorized to impound the vehicle; if the owner of the vehicle may be ascertained by reasonable diligence, the owner shall be notified of the action by the Police Department.
(F) A trespassing, unattended vehicle found may be impounded when the required complaint has been properly made and filed. The owner or legal occupant who complains shall sign a complaint against the person parking the vehicle on the owner’s or legal occupant’s property. If the identity of the person parking the vehicle is unknown, the complaint may be filed.
(Prior Code, § 15-83)