(A) Any vehicle parked in violation of this chapter is declared a nuisance and the same may be summarily abated by removing such vehicle by or under the direction of or at the request of any police officer to a place of storage by means of a towing truck or otherwise or said police officer may require the driver or owner to remove said vehicle off the paved, improved or traveled portion of said street.
(B) Before the owner or agent shall be permitted to remove a vehicle from said place of storage, they shall:
(1) Furnish satisfactory evidence to the Chief of Police and the person in charge of said storage area of his or her identity and ownership of the vehicle;
(2) Pay to the person in charge of said storage area for the towing and storage of the vehicle such sums of money as the Council shall establish by resolution, upon completion of a bidding process;
(3) Sign a written receipt for the vehicle.
(C) The removal of a vehicle which is parked in violation of this chapter by or under the direction of or at the request of any police officer shall not prevent a prosecution for violation of any provision of this chapter.
(`89 Code, § 121.030)