(a) Authority. Any vehicle which shall be or remain standing or parked upon any public street, avenue, way, alley or other public place may be removed by or upon order of the Chief of Police, or any police officer designated by the Chief of Police, and placed in storage in a privately operated garage or other place designated or maintained by the city, under the following circumstances set forth in division (b) of this section.
(b) Removal and storage circumstances. The circumstance for removal and placement in storage is when any vehicle is left standing or parked unattended for more than twenty- four (24) hours in violation of any applicable section, the state law or city ordinances, rules or regulations; provided that, in the event such vehicle is parked or standing immediately in front of or immediately adjacent to property owned by the owner of such vehicle, or property rented by such owner, before such vehicle shall be removed, the owner thereof shall be given written notice after the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours and shall be given an additional twenty-four (24) hours to remove or cause to be removed such vehicle. Such written notice may be given by depositing the same in the United States mail, addressed to the owner at the address given on the registration receipt of the vehicle, or his or her last known address. Any vehicle moved during any given twenty-four (24) hour period and relocated within one hundred (100) feet from the original parking space shall not be entitled to have the twenty- four (24) hour period tolled.
(Ord. 3-15-2022-1, passed 3-15- 22)