§ 20-701. Authority to impound.  


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  • (a)

    The City Police Department is authorized to remove and impound any vehicle to a public or private storage yard when:

    (1)

    The vehicle is left unattended upon a bridge, viaduct, causeway, tube or tunnel, and it constitutes a hazard or obstruction to traffic;

    (2)

    The vehicle is left unattended upon any street, and the person in charge of that vehicle is incapacitated by physical injury to provide for its custody or removal, and it constitutes a hazard or obstruction to traffic;

    (3)

    The vehicle is left unattended upon any street, is illegally parked, and it constitutes a hazard or obstruction to traffic;

    (4)

    The vehicle has been involved in one or more moving violations of this chapter, and the driver did not respond to those issued citations;

    (5)

    The vehicle is used upon the streets with defective or inoperable brakes, or is used at night when both headlights are defective or inoperable;

    (6)

    Any vehicle found where a report or complaint has previously been made alleging that the vehicle has been stolen;

    (7)

    When an officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged offense and the officer is by ordinance or state statute required or permitted to take and does take the person arrested before a duly appointed judge;

    (8)

    An officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle who does not have in their possession a valid Oklahoma driver's license or a valid driver's license issued by another state;

    (9)

    The vehicle is parked in a marked handicapped parking space and the vehicle displays no handicapped parking decal;

    (10)

    The vehicle is parked in any parking area marked by sign or otherwise as a "Tow-Away" zone;

    (11)

    The vehicle is left unattended on public property, and is parked illegally or where such parking is prohibited by sign or other marking;

    (12)

    The vehicle is left unattended and parked on public property and has three (3) or more parking violations of this chapter which remain unpaid and delinquent on the date of impoundment.

    (b)

    Subsequent to a written complaint signed by the owner, occupant, or person in charge of private property, or the investigating police officer, the City Police Department is authorized to remove and impound any vehicle to a public or private storage yard when:

    (1)

    The vehicle is parked on private property without the consent first had and obtained of the owner, occupant, or person in charge of that private property;

    (2)

    The vehicle is found parked in front of, or blocking any private driveway or public alley;

    (3)

    The vehicle is parked between the curb, curbline, or roadway edge of a public street and a private property line or sidewalk;

    (4)

    The vehicle is illegally parked for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours;

    (5)

    The vehicle is left unattended and is parked illegally or without proper authorization upon public property.

(Ord. No. 0-7273-67; Ord. No. 0-7475-37; Ord. No. 0-7980-18; Ord. No. 0-8485-84; Ord. No. 0-0506-10; Ord. No. 0-0708-9, § 2)