523.06 PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF IMPOUNDMENT PROVISIONS.

   (a)   The impoundment of vehicles under authority of the provisions of this Chapter of these Celina Codified Ordinances shall be construed as an enforcement procedure for the protection of the public peace, safety, and welfare, and for the safeguarding of property.

   (b)    Impoundment under this Chapter of these Celina Codified Ordinances shall be used generally for:

      (1)    Prevention and removal of traffic and fire hazards;

      (2)    Prevention and abatement of public nuisances;

      (3)    Protection of public rights in the use of City streets, highways, and roadways from obstructions placed and left in derogation of those rights;

      (4)    Amelioration of urban blight.

         (Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)

523.07 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF POLICE TO IMPOUND/DISPOSE OF VEHICLES.

   Officers of the Police Department of the City are authorized, within the limits set forth in this Chapter of these Celina Codified Ordinances, to impound vehicles under the circumstances enumerated in Section 523.08 of these Celina Codified Ordinances. The Officers of the Police Department of the City shall follow all applicable laws associated therewith, including but not limited to Ohio Revised Code 4513.63, as amended from time to time. Nothing contained within this Chapter of these Codified Ordinances shall be construed in any manner as limiting the authority of the Officers of the Police Department of the City to impound vehicles as otherwise provided by law.
(Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)

523.08 CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZING IMPOUNDMENT.

   Members of the Police Department of the Cityare authorized to remove or direct the removal of a vehicle under any of the following circumstances:

   (a)   Vehicles junked on private property.

      (1)    If a violation of Section 523.02 and/or Section 523.03 of these Celina Codified Ordinances has not been remedied within the ten (10) calendar day period of compliance, or in the event that a request for a hearing is timely filed as set forth in Section 523.04 of these Celina Codified Ordinances, a hearing is held, and the “final order” issued pursuant to Section 523.05(b) of these Celina Codified Ordinances is not timely appealed pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 2505.01, et seq. (Revised Code 2505.07, as amended from time to time), and the existence of such alleged violation hereunder is thereby affirmed, the vehicle may be impounded.

      (2)    The movement of a vehicle from private property to any public right-of-way, or to another location under circumstances constituting a violation of this chapter shall not remedy a violation of Section 523.03, and a vehicle so moved remains subject to impoundment by police.

         (Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)