§ 70.42 VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT.
   The city police are hereby authorized to remove or to have removed, a vehicle to the nearest place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department of the city or by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
   (A)   When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, causeway or viaduct or in any subway or underpass, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic within the city.
   (B)   When a vehicle upon a public street or highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic or the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury, or otherwise incapacitated to such extent as to be unable to provide for its custody and removal.
   (C)   When a vehicle is found being driven upon the streets or highways of the city, and is in such a defective condition as to constitute an immediate hazard to the safety of its occupants and other persons, pedestrians or motor vehicles being lawfully operated on the streets.
   (D)   When a vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic or proper street or highway maintenance.
   (E)   When a vehicle constitutes a public nuisance as defined in § 94.40, or is left unattended upon any street, highway, or public property for a period of 72 hours or more.
   (F)   When the driver of such vehicle is taken into custody by the Police Department, and such vehicle would thereby be left unattended upon a street.
   (G)   When removal is necessary in the interest of public safety because of fire, flood, storm, and other emergency reason.
   (H)   When a vehicle has been left for a period of seven days or more on private property within the city other than public rights of way without the expressed consent of the owner of such property, and the owner of such property notifies the Police Department of his or her desire to have the vehicle removed.
   (I)   Any vehicle failing to display number plates or failing to display the proper number plates or plates assigned to such vehicle under the provisions of Neb. RS Ch. 60 as amended, or displaying number plates in such a manner as to reasonably indicate a violation of any provisions of the statutes of the state with respect to motor vehicle number plates, while parked attended or unattended or traveling upon the streets, highways, or alleys of the city.
(Prior Code, § 70.92) Penalty, see § 70.99