(A) Authorization. The Police Department may take charge, remove and keep in custody any unoccupied vehicle of any kind or description violating any of the provisions of this traffic code or any of the ordinances of the city or laws of the state regulating the standing and parking of vehicles.
(B) Impounded vehicles; release. The Police Department shall cause return to be made to the owner of an impounded vehicle when the owner has furnished evidence of his or her identity, ownership of the vehicle and proof of current insurance, signed a receipt acknowledging return of the vehicle and accepting responsibility for the cost for towing and storage fees set forth by the commercial towing service authorized and designated to carry out such function under the direction of the Police Department. The payment of such removal and storage fees shall not release the owner or driver of such vehicles of any other penalty imposed for a violation of this traffic code or any of the ordinances of the city or laws of the state.
(C) Impounded vehicles; record, towing service. The Police Department shall maintain a record of all vehicles impounded. Such records shall show the date and the location from which the vehicle was removed, the reason for such removal and impounding and location at which the vehicle is presently stored. The Police Department shall further provide for adequate towing service to implement the provisions of this traffic code. The Police Department is authorized to use a commercial towing service for the towing and storage of impounded vehicles.
(Ord. 922, passed 7-14-2011)