§ 26-228. Damaged vehicles.

If any unoccupied vehicle is found upon the streets of the city in such a damaged condition as a result of accident or disrepair that it cannot be driven, and is so located as to constitute an obstruction of the street, the vehicle may be ordered impounded by a police officer. If the owner or operator has requested, or does request, that the vehicle be towed to the owner's or operator's own garage or to any garage other than the pound keeper's, neither the pound keeper nor the police officer, nor anyone else, shall order the vehicle to be impounded in any public pound unless the police officer:

(1)

Considers possession of the car is necessary to prosecute any person for violation of law; or

(2)

Immediate removal of the vehicle is necessary to ensure public safety.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 1410.06; Ord. No. 1403; Ord. No. 1403-A1, 12-14-1983)