(a) The Chief of Police or his designate police officer is authorized to provide for the removal and impounding of a motor vehicle under the following circumstances:
(1) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street, bridge or causeway and is so illegally parked as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic, or parked in a fire lane, or so as to unreasonably interfere with street cleaning or snow removal operations.
(Ord. 73-72. Passed 10-1-73.)
(2) When any vehicle or any component part thereof has been stolen, or from which the manufacturer’s serial number, motor number, identification number or any other distinguishing mark or number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed, or which has been operated without the consent of the owner. For the purpose of determining whether any motor vehicle or any component part thereof has been stolen, or from which the manufacturer’s serial number, motor number, identification number or other distinguishing mark or number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed, any member of the Police Department may, as to any motor vehicle within the City required to be licensed under the laws of any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any Province of Canada, inspect the certificate of title or registration of the vehicle or the manufacturer’s serial number, motor number, identification number or other distinguishing mark or number in order to establish the lawful ownership or possession of the vehicle or of any component part thereof.
(Ord. 82-22. Passed 6-21-82.)
(3) When any vehicle displays illegal license plates or fails to display the current lawfully required license plates.
(Ord. 73-72. Passed 10-1-73.)
(4) When any vehicle has been used in or connected with the commission of a criminal offense or a violation of Section 541.03
of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 88-13. Passed 5-16-88.)
(5) When any vehicle has been damaged or wrecked so as to be inoperable or violates equipment provisions of this Traffic Code whereby its continued operation would constitute a condition hazardous to life, limb or property.
(6) When any vehicle is left unattended due to the removal of an ill, injured or arrested operator.
(7) When any vehicle has been operated by any person who fails to stop in case of an accident or collision.
(8) When any vehicle has been operated by any person who is driving without a lawful license or registration or while his license has been suspended or revoked.
(9) When any vehicle is found for which two or more citation tags for violations of this Traffic Code have been issued and the owner or operator thereof fails to respond to such citation tags as lawfully required.
(10) When any vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in Section 307.09
, which has been left on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the Chief of Police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
(ORC 4513.61)
(11) When, upon complaint of a person adversely affected, any vehicle other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle has been left on private property in violation of Section 307.11
.
(b) The private property owner shall pay the towing fee for the removal of such vehicle. The towing fee shall be established by the Director of Public Service and Development and shall be reimbursed to the private property owner if and when the owner of the vehicle reclaims his motor vehicle.
(Ord. 73-72. Passed 10-1-73.)