A peace officer is hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street, public alley, public parking lot or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(A) Disabled vehicle. When a vehicle is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal;
(Iowa Code § 321.236(1))
(B) Illegally parked vehicle. When any vehicle is left unattended and is so illegally parked as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
(Iowa Code § 321.236(1))
(C) Snow removal. When any vehicle is left parked in violation of a ban on parking during snow removal operations;
(D) Parked over 24 or 48 hours. When any vehicle is left parked for a continuous period of 24 hours or more on any street or 48 hours or more in any municipal parking lot; and
(E) Costs. In addition to the standard penalties provided, the owner or driver of any vehicle impounded for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be required to pay the reasonable cost of towing and storage.
(Iowa Code § 321.236(1))
(1999 Code, § 70.06) (Ord. 2117, passed 7-25-2000; Ord. 2299, passed 8-23-2005)