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§ 40.022 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, STUDIES, AND REPORTS
   (A)   It shall be the duty of officers of the Police Department, to investigate traffic accidents, and to arrest and assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
   (B)   Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, officers of the Police Department shall conduct studies of accidents and determine remedial measures.
   (C)   A suitable system of filing traffic accident reports shall be maintained. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location. The reports shall be available for the use and information of the city. The Police Department shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or under any ordinance of this city, but all such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the Police Department. No such report shall be admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding other than on request of any person asking for the report or on request of the court having jurisdiction to prove a compliance with the laws requiring the making of all such reports.
ARTICLE III. IMPOUNDMENT
§ 40.030 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
   The city may impound a motor vehicle parked, stopped, or standing upon the street or public way within its jurisdiction in violation of an ordinance or statute prohibiting parking, stopping or standing in the location, manner or at the time the vehicle is cited or for any other lawful reason.
(KRS 82.625(1))
§ 40.031 NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT
   If within ten (10) business days of impoundment, a motor vehicle impounded by the city has not been claimed, or a hearing has not been requested pursuant to KRS 82.625, notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owner, if known, and lien holders of record, if any, affording the parties the right within ten (10) days from the date of notice to claim the vehicle or request a hearing pursuant to KRS 82.625. The notice shall state that, if no hearing is requested, the vehicle shall be deemed abandoned unless the charges thereon are paid within forty-five (45) days of receipt of notice.
(KRS 82.630(11))
§ 40.032 IMPOUNDING FEES
   (A)   All impounded motor vehicles except as set forth in this section shall be released to the owner or other person authorized by the owner to claim the motor vehicle on the payment of basic impounding charges according to the prevailing rate of those towing companies currently on the rotation list of the Police Department. If at some future date the city should provide impounding services, fees charged would be consistent with the prevailing rates at that time.
   (B)   The person may also be required to pay for other towing or storage services which may be necessary to remove or properly maintain the impounded motor vehicle.
§ 40.033 DISPOSAL OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
   (A)   After forty-five (45) days from the date of notice required by § 40.031, an impounded motor vehicle shall be deemed abandoned and the vehicle shall escheat to the city.
   (B)   If the vehicle is judged suitable for use, the city may obtain a Certificate of Registration and Ownership from the County Clerk pursuant to KRS 186.020 and either use the vehicle for governmental purposes or sell the vehicle at public auction to the highest bidder. If the vehicle is not suitable for use, it may be sold for it's scrap or junk value.
(KRS 82.603(2), (3))
ARTICLE IV. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
§ 40.040 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL; MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS
   (A)   The Superintendent of Public Works shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals, and devices when and as required under this chapter to make effective the provisions of this chapter, and may place and maintain any additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under this chapter or under state law, or to guide or warn traffic.
   (B)   All traffic-control signs, signals, and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the Department of Transportation and Bureau of Highways. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
§ 40.041 OBEDIENCE REQUIRED
   The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.042 WHEN DEVICES REQUIRED
   No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinary observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, the section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.
Penalty, see § 40.999
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