The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to enter upon private property at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting any vehicle unlawfully parked thereon and for removing the same if it be presumptively abandoned under the terms of this article. If consent to such entry be refused, the Chief of Police is authorized to apply for an inspection warrant under the laws of the state. After obtaining such warrant, it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or prevent the Chief of Police from entering on private property for the purpose of carrying out his or her duties in the enforcement of this article.
(2005 Code, § 5-910)