Whenever any police officer finds any unattended vehicle obstructing the traffic on any street or avenue, or obstructing the entrance of any private driveway, or interfering with the maintenance, cleaning, repairing or snow removal on any streets or avenues, he or she may remove the vehicle and hold it in the impounding lot or lots or other place as the City Council shall designate until the city is reimbursed for all costs and charges of the removal and storage or until the same has been disposed of as hereinafter provided.
(1963 Code, § 41.03)