[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Port Washington as § 12.09 of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any vehicle parked, stopped or standing upon a street or highway in the City of Port Washington in violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 400, Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 404, Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned, or this chapter is declared to be a hazard to traffic and public safety.
Such vehicle shall be removed by the operator in charge, upon request of any traffic officer, to a position where parking is permitted or to a private or public parking or storage premises.
Any traffic officer, after issuing a ticket-citation for illegal parking, stopping, or standing of an unattended vehicle in violation of this Code, is authorized to remove such vehicle to a position where parking is permitted.
The officer may order a motor carrier holding a permit to perform vehicle towing services to remove and store such vehicle in any public storage garage or rental parking grounds or any facility of the person providing the towing services.
In addition to other penalties provided in this Code, the owner or operator of a vehicle so removed shall pay the reasonable cost of moving, towing and storage. If the vehicle is towed and stored by a motor carrier, actual charges regularly paid for such services shall be paid.