(a) For the purpose of locating any stolen vehicles, a member of the Police Department may inspect any vehicle within the City, of a type required to be registered under the State vehicle registration code, on a highway, public parking lot, public garage, new or used car lot, automobile dismantlers lot, vehicle shredding facility, vehicle renting or leasing lot, vehicle equipment rental yard, vehicle salvage pool, or other similar establishment, and may inspect the title or registration of the vehicles in order to establish the rightful ownership or possession of the vehicle.
(b) A member of the Department may also inspect, for the purpose specified in subsection (a) hereof, implements of husbandry, special construction equipment and special mobile equipment, in places described in subsection (a) hereof, or when such a vehicle is incidentally operated or transported upon a street or highway.
(c) Whenever possible, inspections conducted pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be conducted at a time when work or business is operating, and in a manner so as to minimize any interference with, or the delay of, business operations.
(Ord. 68-1982. Passed 4-5-82.)