All city peace officers and any other regular, salaried city employee engaged in directing traffic or enforcing traffic laws and regulations may cause a vehicle to be removed from a public street, public parking lot or other public way or place only when authorized to remove such vehicle by the Vehicle Code, including, but not limited to, Section 22651 of the Vehicle Code. When a vehicle is so removed from a public street, parking lot or other public way or place, the vehicle shall be towed to a storage place, stored, and eventually returned to the vehicle owner or otherwise disposed of in the manner provided for by Article 3, Chapter 10, Division 11 of the Vehicle Code (commencing with Section 22850).
In the event a portion of a city parking lot or other city property is leased for private parking, lessees thereof shall also be authorized to cause the removal of unauthorized vehicles parked on such property in the manner authorized by the Vehicle Code if the property is properly signed and such removal is carried out in the manner provided for by the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 2119)