(a) When signs, permanent or temporary, are erected or placed, or otherwise designated giving notice of restricted parking within the limits of the urban county, no person shall park a vehicle in any such place so designated.
(b) Any vehicle parked in violation of subsection (a) above is declared to be a public nuisance and any police officer of the urban county government or any parking control officer employed by or otherwise under the control of the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority is authorized to cause the same to be removed to and impounded in a depository named by the urban county government for such purpose.
(c) A charge of three dollars ($3.00) shall be paid to the urban county government in addition to any fine which may be imposed, and all storage and hauling charges must be paid for the release of such impounded vehicle. If the vehicle was towed and impounded due to outstanding unpaid parking citations, the procedures for such impoundments set forth in article XII of this chapter shall apply.
(Ord. No. 48-70, § 1, 3-26-70; Ord. No. 50-2002, §§ 1, 2, 3-7-02; Ord. No. 188-2003, §§ 2, 3, 7-10-03; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 9, 12-13-05)