If the Council finds that the volume of traffic or other conditions at any location are such that the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter prohibiting or restricting parking by the imposition of criminal penalties is not sufficient to prevent the illegal parking of vehicles, it may direct the Director to post at such locations signs reading "Tow Away Zone," or otherwise informing the public that illegally parked vehicles will be removed.
(Ord. 89-12, 6/27/1989)
The Police Department shall remove from the highway to a garage, or other place of safety, any vehicle which has been parked at a location at which there is a sign erected pursuant to Section 12.64.510 if such vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 89-12, 6/27/1989)
Whenever the Police Department removes a vehicle from a highway as authorized by this Part 3, and it knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the owner, the Police Department immediately shall notify in writing such owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds for removal, and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, the Police Department shall deliver a copy of such notice to the proprietor of the garage.
(Ord. 89-12, 6/27/1989)
Whenever the Police Department removing a vehicle from a highway under this Part 3 does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner of such vehicle, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of 120 hours, the Police Department immediately shall send a written report of such removal by mail to the State Department of Motor Vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. The Police Department shall make such report on a form furnished by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The report shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(Ord. 89-12, 6/27/1989)