No person other than a police officer shall move a vehicle, not lawfully under his control, into any area where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited or away from a curb or edge of roadway such distance as is unlawful or start or cause to be started the motor of any motor vehicle, or shift, change, or move the levers, brake, starting device, gears, or other mechanism, of a parked motor vehicle, to a position other than that in which it was left by the owner or driver thereof, or attempt to do so.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)