§ 14-309. WHEN VEHICLES MAY BE REMOVED FROM STREETS AND CITY-OWNED PARKING LOTS OR IMMOBILIZED.

(a)

Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department of the city may remove or cause to be removed:

(1)

Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or alley for seventy-two or more consecutive hours without having been moved more than one-tenth of a mile.

(2)

Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or alley or city-owned parking lot when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.

(3)

Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or alley where the use of such street or alley or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or alley or for the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or alley or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or alley or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal.

(b)

In addition to, or as an alternative to removal of vehicles, any regularly employed and salaried officer of the police department of the city or any regularly employed and salaried employee of the city who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of the city may immobilize any vehicles under the requirements set forth in Section 22651.7 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles with parking violations outstanding, as provided in Section 22651.7. An administrative fee or fees for such immobilization may be established by resolution of the city council. Any vehicle immobilized as set forth herein shall remain immobilized until the conditions set forth in Section 22651.7 are met, and all applicable administrative fees are paid to the city.

(c)

If any sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this section. Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section and each sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Added Ord. 6130, 1962; Am. Ord. 6546, 1964; Added Ord. 2006-62, § 2, eff. 6-12-06; Am. Ord. 2007-17, § 1, eff. 4-19-07).