A. It shall be unlawful for any owner or any person in charge of a motor vehicle or other personal property to leave or abandon the same upon the streets or public places.
B. The Police Department is hereby authorized, in addition to any penalty that may be provided therefor, to remove an unidentified, stolen, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicle or other personal property as herein defined, found upon any public thoroughfare or other property of the City and shall keep the same in its custody and control at such place as may be designated by said Police Department until redeemed by the owner; and all such unidentified, stolen, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicles or other personal property which now is in the possession of the Police Department shall be subject to the actual cost of removal or tow-in from the public place and the storage charge as long as the same is in possession and custody. (Revised Code 1958)