A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within this City during a snowstorm, flood,
fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public
highway or parking lot upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned,
said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the City
Police Department.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or public parking lot within the City where said vehicle constitutes
an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the City Police Department.
C.
When any vehicle is found parked in violation of any winter parking rule set forth in § 228-28 or in violation of a parking ban established by a snow emergency, then said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the City Police Department.
[Added 3-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
D.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway or public parking
lot within the City where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to planned road maintenance, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the City Police Department.
[Added 3-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Police Department may store or cause such vehicle
to be stored in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such
owner or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem the same upon
payment to the person with whom stored of the amount of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal and storage.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department
to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the
person having the same in charge and to notify him of the removal
and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required
to redeem the same. Said Department shall also, without delay, report
to the City Clerk the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed
as provided in this article.
