(a) Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove motor vehicles from any street in the town to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or the town, under the following circumstances:
(1) When a vehicle upon a street is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic or the person in charge of the motor vehicle is by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to exercise control over the motor vehicle;
(2) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street continuously for more than 24 hours and appears to be abandoned;
(4) When any vehicle is parked in a place where official signs or markings prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
(5) When the driver of any vehicle is taken into custody by the Police Department and his motor vehicle would thereby be left unattended upon a street; or
(6) When removal is necessary in the interest of public safety because of a fire, flood, storm, or other emergency.
(b) No motor vehicle impounded pursuant to this section shall be released until the towing fee and all storage charges have been paid by the owner of the motor vehicle or his agent.
(`75 Code, §§ 16-42 – 16-43) (Ord. passed 1-25-72)
(c) The provisions of this section shall be supplementary to and shall not in any way preclude the county or this town from utilizing the procedures specified in Chapters 713 and 715, Florida Statutes, governing the towing, storage, and liens for the removal and storage of motor vehicles when such vehicles are parked on real property without the property owner's consent.
(`75 Code, § 16-26.12) (County Ord. 79-31, passed 11-8-79; Town Ord. 80-10, passed 5-27-80)