(A) The Marshal or authorized peace officer is authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street, public alley or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(1) When a vehicle is upon a roadway and is 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;
(2) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so illegally parked as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
(3) When any vehicle is left parked upon a street for a continuous period of 48 hours or more. A diligent effort shall first be made to locate the owner. If the owner is found, he or she shall be given an opportunity to remove the vehicle; or
(4) When any vehicle is left parked in violation of a ban on parking during a snow emergency as proclaimed by the Mayor.
(B) In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided, the owner or driver of any vehicle impounded for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be required to pay the reasonable cost of towing charges and storage.
(Ord. 120-500-36, passed 10-10-1983)