(a) This chapter does not prevent a peace officer or the city from immediately removing a vehicle in a public right-of-way, highway, vehicular way or area, area used for parking of vehicles, or on public land owned by or under the control of the city if the vehicle constitutes an immediate hazard to the public.
(b) Any vehicle removed as a hazard under this section may be treated as an abandoned vehicle, in which case all procedures of this chapter shall be followed.
(c) A vehicle is an "immediate hazard to the public" if it creates a traffic or safety hazard by reason of its location or condition, or if it impedes the regular flow of traffic or the ordinary use of the public land on which it is located.
(Ord. 00-03, passed 6-15-00)