Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter prohibiting or restricting parking, and there is no person in attendance upon such parked vehicle to be arrested or served immediately with a notice to appear in court to answer the charge of such violation, any police officer observing such violation may attach to the vehicle used in such violation, a notification or ticket so that the person in whose name such vehicle is registered may appear before the authorized court or magistrate on a day certain and at a designated place to be named in such notice, and answer to the charge of such violation. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the driver of the vehicle to which notice is attached to remove the same from the vehicle. (1976 Code § 41.26)