(A) When a person is arrested for a crime which is a felony, which involves the use of a motor vehicle, that motor vehicle shall be impounded and held by the Police Department until such time that the motor vehicle can be disposed of according to law.
(B) When a person who is operating a motor vehicle has been arrested and that person has been taken into custody for the purpose of incarceration the motor vehicle which the arrested person had been operating shall be impounded and held for safe keeping.
(C) When a person has been arrested for a charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or driving a motor vehicle while under suspension that motor vehicle shall be impounded for the purposes of safe keeping and held until such a time as a licensed driver who is able to legally operate a motor vehicle calls for the vehicle. The vehicle may then be released to the owner or an authorized agent of the owner.
(D) Any motor vehicle which has been reported as stolen and recovered by a member of this department shall be impounded and held for safe keeping until such a time as the rightful owner claims the vehicle.
(Ord. 94-8-1, passed 8-16-94)