(A) Any police officer of the city is hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to a public or private garage or other place of safety, and place the same in storage under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(1) When a vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and a 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;
(2) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a roadway and is so parked illegally as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a roadway for a longer period than three days and under circumstances indicating abandonment; or
(4) Under any circumstances provided by state law.
(B) Whenever a police officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized by this section and such officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records of the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall, as soon possible, give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and the place to where said vehicle has been removed. In the event that any such vehicle is stored in a public or private garage, a copy of the notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage. All charges and fees resulting from said removal and impounding shall be the liability of and assessed against the owner of the vehicle so impounded.
(C) Any person desiring to redeem such impounded vehicles shall first reimburse the city for storage and handling charges.
(2010 Code, § 70.05) (Ord. 7, 2011, passed 6-30-2011; Ord. 14, 2011, passed 10-24-2011; Ord. 3, 2012, passed 3-12-2012)