Ordinance 3440-15 - Laserfiche WebLink

1. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle stopped or parked upon any roadway or alley, whether attended or unattended, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the roadway or alley or away from the main traveled portion thereof; 2. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or jeopardizes public safety; 3. Whenever a police officer finds an unattended vehicle at the scene of an accident or when the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident is physically or mentally incapable, or too intoxicated, to decide upon steps to be taken to protect his or her property; 4. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is arrested and taken into custody by a police officer, 5. Whenever a police officer discovers a vehicle which he determines to be a stolen vehicle; 6. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle standing or parked in a designated towaway zone,- 7. one; 7. Whenever a police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle without a special license plate, parking placard, or special year tab indicating that the vehicle is being used to transport a disabled person pursuant to chapter 46.19 RCW parked in a stall or space that is clearly and conspicuously marked, as described in the city's parking ordinance, as a parking space or stall for a disabled person, on private property without charge or on public property; 8. Whenever any police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle standing or parked in a fire lane or within fifteen feet of any fire hydrant whether on public or private property; 9. Whenever a police officer or parking enforcement officer finds a vehicle parked in a public right-of-way or on other publicly owned or controlled property in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation and there are four or more parking infractions issued against the vehicle for each of which a person has failed to respond, failed to appear at a requested hearing, or failed to pay an adjudicated parking infraction for at least forty-five days from the date of the filing of the notice of infraction; 10. Whenever a police officer or parking enforcement officer determines that a person is operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or, if required by Chapter 46.20 RCW, a specially endorsed driver's license, or with a license that has been expired for ninety days or more; Page 14 of 25