6-3-1: - AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND; NUISANCE ABATEMENT:

Every police officer of the city is authorized summarily to seize and take possession of every abandoned and/or illegally parked or operated vehicle, without a warrant, wherever found, by removing or causing such vehicle to be removed and impounded in any authorized vehicle pound. Every police officer of the city is also further authorized to seize and take possession of any vehicle which is being operated upon the public streets of the city with improper registration, registration that has been expired for more than three (3) months, or registration that is suspended or revoked. A police officer may also impound a vehicle which he has good reason to believe has been stolen, or on which any motor number, manufacturer's number or identification mark has been defaced, altered or obliterated. Additionally, if the vehicle being impounded has an attached trailer, the trailer may also be seized to transport the vehicle. Every police officer so impounding a vehicle shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, make written report thereof to the police chief, specifying the manufacturer's trade name and model of the impounded vehicle, its license and motor number, the time and place where the vehicle was taken and impounded, and the cause of impounding. The vehicle used to impound the vehicle in violation shall meet the standards of the department of public safety and the motor safety carrier act.

(Ord. 815, 9-25-2012)