(A) Notice. When a vehicle, found by or reported to the police, is found parked or standing upon any street or public place in violation of the provisions of this chapter or code, or is known to be a stolen or abandoned vehicle, the officer shall attach to the vehicle, or serve upon any person in charge thereof and who fails or refuses, if able to do so, to move it upon his request, the notice authorized by this chapter. The guilty person shall be subject, at his option, to payment of the charges or penalty at the Traffic Violation Bureau as fixed for such violation or to the penalty prescribed for an offense in this subchapter and fixed by the court upon a plea of guilty, or upon a trial and conviction of the violation.
('67 Code, § 71.03(A))
(B) Owner's risk. Removal and impounding of a vehicle shall be accomplished with reasonable care but otherwise shall be at the risk of the owner, his agent or representative, and the expense and result of removal and storage shall be borne by the owner, his agent, or representative for the use and benefit of the city, or of the person who operates or has charge of the garage or other storage place, whether public or private, unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the court, after a hearing.
('67 Code, § 71.03(C))
(C) Removal, impounding, and storage of a vehicle, pursuant to this chapter's provisions, shall in no way supersede, bar, excuse, or prevent a prosecution of any person or in any way relieve him from the penalty prescribed for his violation of this code or any other city ordinance or state law, for the violation of which the vehicle has been removed, impounded, and stored, but remedies and penalties are declared to be distinct and separate as means of enforcing obedience to this code.
('67 Code, § 75.16(D))
(Ord. 10-1964, passed 9-21-64) Penalty, see § 75.99