Any motor vehicle parked on any public highway, street, or in an alley, or in front of a fire hydrant, or on any part of a crosswalk, or in any loading zone in violation of any provision of article 12.200 or other ordinance of the city or statute of the state, or abandoned on public or private property, may upon the discretion of the chief of police, be removed from such place, impounded and taken to such place as is designated by the traffic division of the police department, and an impounding fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), plus any additional cost in handling, or storage shall be assessed against such vehicle, and the owner or driver thereof, and collected before such vehicle is released. A storage fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each twenty-four (24) hours such vehicle is impounded is hereby assessed against each such vehicle and the owner, and the same shall be collected before such vehicle is released.
(Ordinance 525 adopted 9/9/14)