(a) Members of the police department are hereby authorized to impound a vehicle from a street, alley or highway under any of the circumstances enumerated in this section.
(b) Members of the fire department are authorized to impound a vehicle under the circumstances enumerated in subsections (d)(6) or (7) of this section.
(c) Traffic agents are authorized to remove a vehicle under the circumstances enumerated in subsections (d)(1), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10) or (11) of this section.
(d) Vehicles may be impounded under the following circumstances:
(1) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct or causeway, or in any tube or tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(2) When a vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic, and the person in charge of the vehicle is by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street or alley and is parked illegally or constitutes a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
(4) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street for a period in excess of twenty- four (24) hours.
(5) When any person is arrested while in possession of a motor vehicle and taken into custody.
(6) When any vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle is parked, whether or not attended, in a properly designated fire lane established pursuant to chapter 13 of this Code, or earlier legislation.
(7) When any vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle is parked, whether or not attended, within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant placed on either public or private property.
(8) When any person is given a civil citation for operating a motor vehicle off the roadway within a quarter mile of a structure in violation of section 11-70.1 of this Code.
(9) When a special limited magistrate or magistrate orders a vehicle impounded as authorized by this Code.
(10) When any vehicle is owned by a person who has three (3) or more unpaid civil parking infractions or has failed to respond as set forth in section 20-203(a) of this Code.
(11) When any vehicle has been booted for more than forty-eight (48) hours.
(12) When any person is arrested or given a citation for operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 20-161 of this Code, relating to racing motor vehicles.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 17; Ord. No. 4969, § 1, 5-14-79; Ord. No. 5544, § 1, 4-12-82; Ord. No. 8464, § 2, 3-20-95; Ord. No. 9697, § 1, 4-15-02; Ord. No. 10418, § 2, 6-12-07; Ord. No. 11452, § 2, 4-19-17)