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§ 72.30 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES AUTHORIZED.
   Any city police officer may impound, or cause to be impounded, any vehicle parked at a place where parking is prohibited under the provisions of any ordinance of this city, or which has been parked in excess of the time allowed for parking in any place in the city, or which has been involved in two or more violations of any traffic or parking ordinance of the city, for which citation tags have been issued, or fines have been imposed by an appropriate court having jurisdiction, and such citations have not been presented as required by law, or such fines have not been paid.
(1992 Code, § 72.20)
§ 72.31 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES; TOWING AND STORAGE; COSTS.
   When any police officer enforces the provisions of § 72.30 with respect to any motor vehicle, he or she may arrange for the towing of the vehicle from the place where said vehicle is parked to a place where it may be stored until claimed by the owner or sold according to the provisions of this subchapter. The towing and storage may be performed by persons or firms engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles. All towing charges and storage charges shall be paid by the owner of the impounded vehicle to the person or persons towing and/or storing the vehicle in order to redeem it. No police officer shall arrange for the towing away or storage of any such motor vehicle, unless the persons or firms performing said towing or with whom said vehicle is stored, agrees to hold the owner of the impounded vehicle solely liable for the cost of said services; and to indemnify and hold harmless the city from any damage to the vehicle occurring in the process of said towing or storage. Performance of towing or storage services of an impounded vehicle shall constitute acceptance of these provisions by the persons or firms performing said services.
(1992 Code, § 72.21)
§ 72.32 SALE OF VEHICLE.
   Whenever any vehicle which has been caused to be impounded by a police officer under the provisions of this subchapter remains in the possession of the city or the person storing the same, unclaimed by any person having the right to the possession of such vehicle, shall make disposition of such vehicle pursuant to the provisions of KRS 376.275 et seq. The proceeds of such sale shall first be used to defray first, the costs of the sale of such vehicle, including, but not limited to, advertising costs; then, to defray the costs of towing and storing said vehicle; then the balance, if any, shall be payable to the General Fund of the city.
(1992 Code, § 72.22)
SNOW EMERGENCY
§ 72.45 ANNOUNCEMENT OF SNOW EMERGENCY.
   (A)   A snow emergency exists whenever the city has any single accumulation of three inches or more of snow in a 24-hour period.
   (B)   Whenever the Chief of Police or other authorized city official finds that falling snow, sleet or freezing rain will create a condition which makes it necessary that the parking of motor vehicles on snow emergency routes be prohibited, or whenever he or she finds on the basis of a firm forecast of snow, sleet or freezing rain that the weather conditions so forecasted may create a condition making it necessary that such parking be prohibited, he or she is authorized to announce such prohibition, to become effective at a time specified by him or her. After the effective time of such prohibition, no person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain parked on a snow emergency route. However, if a fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain occurs after 11:00 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m., and the Chief of Police or other authorized city official has not announced prior to 11:00 p.m. that parking on snow emergency routes is to be prohibited after a specified time, a vehicle parked on a snow emergency route may remain so parked until 7:00 a.m. following such fall. The prohibition of parking announced by the Chief of Police or other authorized city official under the authority of this section shall remain in effect until he or she announces the termination of the snow emergency, in part or in which the prohibition of parking authorized by this section shall no longer be in effect.
(1992 Code, § 72.35) (Ord. 4-96, passed 6-11-1996; Ord. 06-2009, passed 4-7-2009) Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.46 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY.
   Whenever the Chief of Police or other authorized city official shall find that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to the snow emergency prohibition no longer exist, he or she is authorized to declare the termination of the emergency, in part or in whole, effective immediately on announcement. If such announcement is made other than between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., it shall be repeated between those hours.
(1992 Code, § 72.36)
§ 72.47 SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES.
   (A)   The term SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE shall mean any route designated by the Chief of Police or other authorized city official. On such street or highway designated as a snow emergency route, special signs shall be posted to this effect.
   (B)   Snow emergency signs shall be erected on the following streets designating the streets as snow emergency routes: Renshaw Road; Sunset Drive; Knollwood Drive; Ridge Hill Drive; Katherine Court; Elblaine Drive; Hope Lane; Robinson Road; Steelman Avenue; Malibu; Pleasant Drive.
(1992 Code, § 72.37) (Ord. 18-96, passed - -; Ord. 05-97, passed - -; Ord. 07-2009, passed 4-7-2009)
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