Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 11.30 Removal of Illegally Parked Vehicles

Any legally employed and salaried officer of the Police Department may remove a vehicle from a highway or alley within the city under any of the following circumstances:

(A) When a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of this title.

(B) When a vehicle is illegally parked on a highway or alley in violation of any provision of this title forbidding standing or parking, and the use of the highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the highway or alley or for the installation of underground utilities, and signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed by authorities of the city at least 24 hours prior to the removal.

(C) When the use of the highway or alley, or any portion thereof, is authorized by authorities of the city for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and parking the vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or move-ment, and signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed by authorities of the city at least 24 hours prior to the removal.

(D) When any vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway or alley when the City Council has, by any provision of this code or by resolution, prohibited parking or standing and signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed by authorities of the city at least 24 hours prior to the removal.

('86 Code, § 11.30.010) (Ord. 3374, passed - - )

In the event any vehicle is removed from a highway or alley pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Cal. Veh. Code § 22850 (Article 3, Chapter 10, Division II), shall govern with respect to storage and notices.

('86 Code, § 11.28.020) (Ord. 3374, passed - - )