Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove
a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other
place of safety or to a parking area maintained by the Police Department
under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
A. When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street where such vehicle
constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
B. When a vehicle upon a street 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 the vehicle's custody or removal.
C. When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is parked in
violation of any municipal ordinance.
D. When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and it is necessary
for the public welfare and safety to have said vehicle removed in
an emergency in order for the municipality to properly remove snow
from said street.
If an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized
herein, and the officer is able to ascertain the name and address
of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give notice,
in writing, to such owner of the removal and the reasons therefor
and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
The owner of any such vehicle which has been removed from a
street and impounded, as above, shall be responsible for all towing
charges and storage charges to the garage where such vehicle is impounded.