(A) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the officer is hereby authorized to remove the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of the highway.
(B) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(C) The necessary costs for the removal shall become a lien upon the vehicle and the person into whose custody the vehicle is given may retain it until the expenses involved have been paid.
(D) This section shall take effect on December 23, 2003 (30 days after date of publication).
(Ord. 374.7, passed 11-13-2003)