(A) Every police officer of the county is authorized summarily to abate every nuisance defined in § 70.01 of this chapter wherever found by removing or causing such vehicle to be removed and impounded in any authorized vehicle pound. Every police officer of the county is authorized to seize and take possession of any vehicle which is being operated upon the public streets of the county with improper registration, or which any motor number, manufacturer’s number or identification mark has been defaced, altered or obliterated, and to remove or cause such vehicle to be removed and impounded in any authorized vehicle pound.
(B) Every police officer so impounding a vehicle shall, within 24 hours, make written report thereof to the Chief of Police specifying the manufacturer’s trade name and model of the impounded vehicle, its license and motor number, the time and place where the vehicle was taken and impounded and the cause of impounding.
(Prior Code, § 10.08.020)