§ 92.01 REMOVAL OF VEHICLES GENERALLY.

   (A)   Members of the Police Department are authorized to remove, or have removed, a vehicle to the nearest place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the town, under the circumstances listed here:

      (1)   When any vehicle is left upon any bridge, causeway or underpass, where the vehicle is an obstruction to traffic;

      (2)   When a vehicle upon a street is so disabled as to be an obstruction to traffic, or the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are, by reason of physical injury or otherwise, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody and removal;

      (3)   When a vehicle is being driven upon the streets and is not in proper condition to be driven;

      (4)   When a vehicle is left on a street and is parked illegally so as to be a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic, or proper street or highway maintenance, or the collection of trash or other items by any sanitation or recycling collection vehicle;

      (5)   When a vehicle is in violation of § 92.04;

      (6)   When the driver of the vehicle is taken into custody by the Police Department and the vehicle would be left unattended, except on private property with the property owner’s permission;

      (7)   When removal is necessary in the interest of public safety because of fire, flood, storm or another emergency reason;

      (8)   When a vehicle is on public property and is in violation of § 92.06;

      (9)   When a vehicle is in violation of § 92.07;

      (10)   Any vehicle failing to display number plates or failing to display the proper number plate or plates assigned to the vehicle under the provisions of C.R.S. Title 42, as amended, or displaying number plates in a manner as to reasonably indicate a violation of any provision of C.R.S. Title 42, or any other provision of state law with respect to motor vehicle number plates, while parked, attended or unattended or traveling on the streets, highways or roadways of the town;

      (11)   When a vehicle is parked in a tow-away zone;

      (12)   When there is probable cause to believe that the driver of a vehicle has never obtained an operator’s license;

      (13)   When there is probable cause to believe that the operator’s license of the driver is suspended, revoked, denied or cancelled;

      (14)   When the officer has reason to believe that the driver is not in rightful possession of the vehicle and the officer cannot verify ownership through readily available methods;

      (15)   When the law otherwise requires impoundment; and

      (16)   When the driver of such vehicle is unable to present evidence of a complying insurance policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by § 1409 of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, as adopted, and amended by the town from time to time.

   (B)   Town parking enforcement officers, as authorized by the Chief of Police, and code enforcement inspectors can remove or order the removal of a vehicle to a garage designated or maintained by the town, under the circumstances set forth under divisions (A)(5), (A)(8) and (A)(11) above.

   (C)   Members of the Police Department, the Chief Building Official, code enforcement inspectors and others authorized by the Town Manager may remove or order the removal of a junked vehicle from private real property pursuant to the nuisance abatement procedures in §§ 91.001 through 91.005.

(Ord. 01-2021, passed 1-27-2021; Ord. 08-2022, passed 5-25-2022) Penalty, see § 92.99