(A) When any vehicle is parked or left standing under any of the following circumstances, any city police officer, including any city reserve police officer on duty, is authorized to remove and dispose of the vehicle in accordance with the California Vehicle Code: when the vehicle is parked or left standing in the city parking lot designated in § 11-3-3(B) of this chapter for 72 or more consecutive hours.
(B) No vehicle may be removed under this section unless appropriate signs are posted giving notice that a violating vehicle may be removed.
(C) Nothing herein is intended to prohibit, restrict or otherwise limit the authority of the city police to remove a vehicle under the California Vehicle Code in those circumstances where the authority of a city ordinance or resolution is not required to remove a vehicle.
(Ord. 253, passed 10-28-1982)