(A) (1) An abandoned or illegally parked vehicle may be removed by the owner or operator of the vehicle at any time prior to being impounded or the vehicle becoming physically attached to a Metro Government wrecker or contract wrecker employed by the Louisville Metro Police Department on behalf of Metro Government.
(2) After a vehicle has been physically attached to a Metro Government wrecker or contract wrecker employed by the Louisville Metro Police Department on behalf of Metro Government, but before the wrecker has left the scene, the owner or operator of the vehicle may take possession of the vehicle unless the vehicle has already been impounded by placement of an immobilization device. The wrecker driver shall issue a release to the owner or operator. Such release shall be in the form of a receipt furnished by the Vehicle Impoundment Division and signed by the driver of the wrecker acknowledging the release of the vehicle from the tow truck before actual towing.
(B) Neither the removal of a vehicle by an owner or operator as referred to in subsection (A)(1) nor the issuance of the release referred to in subsection (A)(2) shall be construed as relieving the owner or operator of any such vehicle from responsibility for any violation of the traffic code with which the owner or operator may be charged.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 75.25) (Lou. Ord. No. 108-1968, approved 5-29-1968; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 70-1978, approved 8-1-1978; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 155-1978, passed 2-13-1979; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 207-1988, approved 7-29-1988; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 235-1988, approved 8-17-1988; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 162-1990, approved 7-16-1990; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 163-1998, approved 8-4-1998; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 0126-2001, approved 10-12-2001; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 197-2003, approved 10-28-2003; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 64-2005, approved 5-17-2005; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 40-2012, approved 3-19-12, effective 5-3-2012)