(A) Members of the Police or Sheriff’s Department are hereby authorized to remove or have removed a vehicle from a street or city-owned or operated parking facility to another place or location on a street or to a lot, garage, storage yard or other similar facility designated by the Police or Sheriff’s Department when:
(1) The vehicle is parked on a snow emergency route on which a parking prohibition is in effect;
(2) The vehicle is stalled on a snow emergency route on which there is a parking prohibition in effect and the person who is operating said vehicle does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; or
(3) The vehicle is parked on any streets or other public area in violation of any parking prohibition or provision of law contained in this chapter and is interfering or about to interfere with snow removal operations.
(B) The owner or other person lawfully entitled to the possession of any vehicle towed or stored shall be charged with the reasonable cost of towing and storage fees. Any such towing or storage fee shall be a lien upon the vehicle prior to all other claims. Any person towing or storing a vehicle shall be entitled to retain possession of such vehicle until such charges are paid. The lien provided for in this section shall not apply to the contents of the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 5-710) (Ord. 417, passed 12-1-1980; Ord. 97-24, passed 11-3-1997)