(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the owner of record of any motor vehicle that is operated by a person with a suspended or revoked driver's license shall be liable to the City for an administrative penalty of $500 plus any applicable towing and storage fees under Section 9-92-080. Any such vehicle shall be subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section.
(2) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply if the motor vehicle is operated by a person whose driver's license is suspended because of
(i) failure to pay any fine due and owing for any one or more of the following: parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law enforcement system violations; or
(ii) failure to comply with emission testing.
(b) Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle is subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section, the police officer shall provide for the towing of the vehicle to a facility controlled by the City or its agent. Before or at the time the vehicle is towed, the police officer shall notify any person identifying himself as the owner of the vehicle or any person who is found to be in control of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, if there is such person, of the fact of the seizure and of the vehicle owner's right to request a preliminary hearing to be conducted under Section 2-14-132 of this Code by serving such person with a copy of the vehicle impoundment seizure report.
(c) Section 2-14-132 shall apply whenever a motor vehicle is seized and impounded pursuant to this section.
(Added Coun. J. 11-18-09, p. 77163, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-16-09, p. 81512; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 14596, Art. I, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-22-20, p. 18957, § 6)