A. Nuisance Vehicle Criteria: The vehicles described below are hereby determined to be public nuisances which may be summarily abated by a police officer of the City by removing or causing such vehicle to be removed and impounded in any authorized vehicle pound:
1. Any unattended vehicle stopped, standing or parked in violation of any of the provisions of this Title, or of the laws of the State;
2. Any vehicle found upon the streets or alleys of the City with faulty or defective equipment;
3. Any vehicle left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct or at any location where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction or hazard to the safe movement of traffic;
4. Any vehicle upon a street or other publicly-owned property, so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal;
5. Any vehicle, the driver of which has been taken into custody by the Police Department, under such circumstances as would leave such vehicle unattended on a street, alley, restricted parking areas or other publicly owned property;
6. Any vehicle found parked in such a manner to constitute a fire hazard or an obstruction to firefighting apparatus, including marked hydrants;
7. Any vehicle parked upon a public street in violation of Section 10-5-21 of this Title;
8. Any vehicle, under Utah Code Annotated section 41-6-116.10, or Section 10-5-20 of this Title, which a police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicle has been abandoned or which is presumed to be abandoned because it has been left unattended on any public street for a period in excess of twenty four (24) consecutive hours or on other public or private property for a period in excess of seven (7) consecutive days without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property;
10. Any vehicle parked on a closed or restricted use street in violation of Section 10-3-6 of this Title.
B. Improperly Registered, Stolen Or Other Vehicles: Every police officer of the City is authorized to seize and take possession of any vehicle which is being operated upon the public streets of the City with improper registration, or which the officer has good reason to believe has been stolen, or on which any motor number, manufacturer's number or identification mark has been defaced, altered or obliterated, and to remove or cause such vehicle to be removed and impounded in any authorized vehicle pound.
C. Written Report: Every police officer impounding a vehicle under the provisions of this Chapter shall, within twenty four (24) hours, make written report thereof to the Chief of Police, specifying the manufacturer's trade name and model of the impounded vehicle, its license and motor number, the time and place where the vehicle was taken and impounded and the cause of impounding.
(1979 Code § 10.76.010; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)