(A) Disabled vehicles. A disabled vehicle upon a street or highway may be impounded under the following circumstances:
(1) If left unattended and improperly parked on street or highway and constitutes a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic; or
(2) If the person in charge of the vehicle is physically incapacitated to such extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal and the vehicle is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic or a hazard.
(Prior Code, § 15-1305)
(B) Vehicles on bridge. An unattended vehicle left upon any bridge, viaduct, or causeway or in any tube or tunnel, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or hazard, may be impounded.
(Prior Code, § 15-1306)
(C) Arrest and detention of driver. Whenever the driver or person in charge of any vehicle is placed under arrest and taken into custody and detained by police under circumstances which leaves or will leave a vehicle unattended on any street or highway, the vehicle may be impounded, unless the driver or person in charge can provide immediately for the vehicle’s custody or removal.
(Prior Code, § 15-1307)
(D) Vehicle constitutes traffic hazard. A vehicle left unattended upon any street, alley or thoroughfare and so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic shall be impounded.
(Prior Code, § 15-1308)
(E) Vehicles parked overtime. Any unattended vehicle which has been parked for more than one hour in excess of the time allowed for parking in any place shall be impounded, and any vehicle parked in violation of this code, regarding more than 48 hours, shall be impounded.
(Prior Code, § 15-1310)
(F) Vehicles blocking fire exits or hydrants. Any vehicle illegally parked in such a manner that it blocks a fire escape ladder, device, or exit or blocks ready access to a fire hydrant shall be impounded.
(Prior Code, § 15-1311)
(G) Vehicles parked in intersection. Any unattended vehicle illegally parked in any street intersection shall be impounded. A disabled vehicle in an intersection with the person in charge of the vehicle being present, shall be moved out of the intersection and to the nearest available legal parking space at the street curbing.
(Prior Code, § 15-1312)
(H) Vehicles with outstanding traffic citations. Any vehicle for which two or more citations have been issued, for violation of an ordinance, and have not been presented as required, may be impounded if parked in violation of any provision of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 15-1314)
Penalty, see § 70.999