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. f. <br /> 3. The mayor, within five days after the request for a hearing, shall notify the registered tow <br /> truck operator, the person requesting the hearing, if not the owner, and the registered and legal <br /> owners of the vehicle, and the person or agency authorizing the impound in writing of the <br /> hearing date and time. <br /> 4. At the hearing, the person or persons requesting the hearing may produce any relevant <br /> evidence to show that the impoundment,towing, or storage fees charged were not proper. <br /> 5. At the conclusion of the hearing, the mayor shall determine whether the impoundment was <br /> proper, whether the towing or storage fees charged were in compliance with the posted rates, and <br /> who is responsible for payment of the fees. <br /> 6. If the impoundment is found proper, the impoundment, towing, and storage fees as permitted <br /> together with any administrative costs shall be assessed against the person or persons requesting <br /> the hearing, unless the operator did not have a signed and valid impoundment authorization from <br /> a private property owner or an authorized agent. <br /> 7. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle immobilized for twenty-four hours or longer as <br /> the result of the vehicle having been declared a public nuisance pursuant to the city's parking <br /> ordinance. <br /> 8. If the impoundment is determined to be invalid, then the registered and legal owners of the <br /> vehicle shall bear no impoundment, towing, or storage fees, and any bond or other security shall <br /> be returned or discharged as appropriate, and the person or agency who authorized the <br /> impoundment shall be liable for any towing, storage, or other impoundment fees permitted. <br /> 9. The decision of the mayor shall be final unless an appeal is filed with the Everett District <br /> Court within fifteen days of the date of the determination made by the mayor. <br /> BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: <br /> A. Impoundments. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is arrested for a violation of RCW <br /> 46.61.502 or 46.61.504, the vehicle is subject to impoundment at the direction of a law <br /> enforcement officer. In addition, a police officer or parking enforcement officer may take <br /> custody of a vehicle and provide for its prompt removal to a place of safety under any of the <br /> following circumstances: <br /> 1. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle stopped or parked <br /> upon any roadway or alley, whether attended or unattended, the officer is authorized to <br /> provide for the removal of the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the <br /> vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the roadway or alley or away from the main <br /> traveled portion thereof; <br /> 2. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle unattended upon <br /> any highway where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or jeopardizes public <br /> safety; <br /> 3. Whenever a police officer finds an unattended vehicle at the scene of an accident or when the <br /> driver of any vehicle involved in an accident is physically or mentally incapable, or too <br /> intoxicated, to decide upon steps to be taken to protect his or her property; <br /> 4. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is arrested and taken into custody by a police officer, and <br /> the driver, because of intoxication or otherwise, is physically or mentally incapable of <br /> deciding upon steps to be taken to safeguard his or her property; <br /> 3 <br />