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as amended by Subsection A of Section 1 or Ordinance No. 3028-07, as amended <br />by Subsection A of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3388-14 (EMC 46.10.010.A), which <br />reads as follows: <br />Officers authorized to remove certain vehicles. <br />A. Impoundments. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is arrested for a violation of <br />RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504, the vehicle is subject to impoundment at the direction <br />of a law enforcement officer. In addition, a police officer or parking enforcement <br />officer may take custody of a vehicle and provide for its prompt removal to a place <br />of safety under any of the following circumstances: <br />1. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle <br />stopped or parked upon any roadway or alley, whether attended or unattended, the <br />officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle or require the driver or <br />other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the <br />roadway or alley or away from the main traveled portion thereof; <br />2. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle <br />unattended upon any highway where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic <br />or jeopardizes public safety; <br />3. Whenever a police officer finds an unattended vehicle at the scene of an <br />accident or when the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident is physically or <br />mentally incapable, or too intoxicated, to decide upon steps to be taken to protect <br />his or her property; <br />4. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is arrested and taken into custody by a <br />police officer; <br />5. Whenever a police officer discovers a vehicle which he determines to be a <br />stolen vehicle; <br />6. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle <br />standing or parked in a designated towaway zone; <br />7. Whenever a police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle <br />without a special license plate, placard, or decal indicating that the vehicle is being <br />used to transport a disabled person under RCW 46.16.381 parked in a stall or <br />space that is clearly and conspicuously marked, as described in the city's parking <br />ordinance, as a parking space or stall for a disabled person, on private property <br />without charge or on public property; <br />8. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle <br />standing or parked in a fire lane or within fifteen feet of any fire hydrant whether on <br />public or private property; <br />Page 12 of 25 <br />