(a) For the purpose of locating any stolen vehicle, a member of the Police Department may inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered under the vehicle registration code of the State, on or in a repair shop, new or used car lot, automobile dismantler’s lot, vehicle shredding facility, vehicle renting or leasing lot, vehicle equipment rental yard, vehicle salvage pool or other similar establishment in the City and may inspect the title or registration of the vehicle in order to establish the rightful ownership or possession of the vehicle.
(b) A member of the Police Department may also inspect, for the purpose specified in subsection (a) hereof, implements of husbandry, special construction equipment and special mobile equipment in places described in subsection (a) or when such vehicle is incidentally operated or transported upon a highway.
(c) Whenever possible, inspections conducted pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) hereof shall be conducted at a time and in a manner so as to minimize any interference with, or delay of, business operations.
(Ord. 52-85. Passed 5-13-85.)