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(A) All police officers are empowered to authorize the impoundment of a vehicle violating vehicle-related ordinances after a citation has been issued.
(B) A vehicle slated for impoundment will be tagged and placed under control of the Police Department. Should a vehicle be moved without the consent and approval of the Police Department, a warrant shall be issued immediately for the violator’s arrest.
(C) All fines, fees, and charges must be paid in full before a release of impoundment can be issued for the vehicle’s release.
(1995 Code, § 72.30)
Any person engaged in the business of storing or towing motor vehicles in either a private capacity or for the city who has complied with the notification requirements of state law shall have a lien on the motor vehicle and its contents for the applicable and reasonable charges assessed in accordance with state law, as long as it remains in his or her possession. If after a period of 45 days, the applicable and reasonable charges assessed in accordance with state law have not been paid, the motor vehicle and its contents, except as set forth in state law, may be sold to pay the charges after the owner and any lienholder have been notified by certified mail at the addresses specified in state law, ten days prior to the time and place of the sale. If the proceeds of the sale of any vehicle pursuant to this section are insufficient to satisfy accrued charges, the sale and collection of proceeds shall not constitute a waiver or release of responsibility for payment of unpaid charges by the owner or responsible casualty insurer of the vehicle. This lien shall be subject to prior recorded liens, unless released by any existing lienholder pursuant to state law.
(KRS 376.275(1)) (1995 Code, § 72.32)
SNOW EMERGENCY
(A) Whenever the Chief of Police or other authorized city official finds that falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain will create a condition which makes it necessary that the parking of motor vehicles on snow emergency routes be prohibited, or whenever he or she finds on the basis of a firm forecast of snow, sleet, or freezing rain that the weather conditions so forecasted may create a condition making it necessary that such parking be prohibited, he or she is authorized to announce such prohibition, to become effective at a time specified by him or her. After the effective time of such prohibition no person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain parked on a snow emergency route. However, if a fall of snow, sleet, or freezing rain occurs after 11:00 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m., and the Chief of Police or other authorized city official has not announced prior to 11:00 p.m. that parking on snow emergency routes is to be prohibited after a specified time, a vehicle parked on a snow emergency route may remain so parked until 7:00 a.m. following such fall. The prohibition of parking announced by the Chief of Police or other authorized city official under the authority of this section shall remain in effect until he or she announces the termination of the snow emergency, in part or in which the prohibition of parking authorized by this section shall no longer be in effect.
(1995 Code, § 72.45) Penalty, see § 72.999
Whenever the Chief of Police or other authorized city official shall find that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to the snow emergency prohibition no longer exist, he or she is authorized to declare the termination of the emergency, in part or in whole, effective immediately on announcement. If such announcement is made other than between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., it shall be repeated between those hours.
(1995 Code, § 72.46)
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