Whenever any police officer of the City finds a motor vehicle parked in violation of law or ordinance, or bearing license plates not authorized by law to be used for such vehicle or lacking any license plate required by law, or appearing to have been abandoned or appearing to be in use by a fugitive from justice or in the commission of any violation of law or ordinance in the City, or involved in any traffic accident or upon which one or more delinquent parking citations exist unpaid or when any vehicle has been used in or connected with the commission of a felony or a violation of Section 541.08, the police officer may cause such motor vehicle to be taken to a designated motor vehicle pound and shall thereupon immediately report such action in writing to the officer then in charge of the Police Division, who shall see that the proper reports are correctly filed.
A vehicle so impounded shall not be released except upon written order signed by the Chief of Police or some other officer designated by him. Any charges for towing or storage of any impounded vehicle shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle or his agent directly to the garage acting as motor vehicle pound. All parking citation charges delinquent or otherwise, as fined by the Municipal Court, shall be paid before such vehicle is released.
(Ord. 20-1988. Passed 3-28-88.)