Pacifica Municipal Code Art. 19 Removal or Towing of Vehicles

(a) Any police officer may remove or cause to be removed a vehicle from any public street or public alley within the City limits to the nearest public garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the City, under any of the following circumstances:

(1) When a vehicle is parked or left standing where the City, by resolution or ordinance, has prohibited parking and has authorized the removal of vehicles and has posted signs giving notice of such removal;

(2) When a vehicle is illegally parked on a public street or public alley in violation of a City ordinance forbidding standing or parking and the use of the public street or public alley or portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the public street or public alley, or for the installation of underground utilities, and signs giving notice that the vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal by the authorities of the City pursuant to this section;

(3) When a vehicle is parked where the use of the public street or public alley or any portion thereof is authorized by the City for purposes other than the normal flow of traffic; or for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would interfere with such use or movement and signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the removal by the authorities of the City pursuant to this section.

(4) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing on a public street or parking space that has been designated to be a part of a preferential parking program, including, but not limited to, the Safe Parking Program as set forth in Section 4-7.1207, without clear display of a valid permit and where signs have been posted giving notice that unauthorized vehicles may be removed, any member of the Police Department may immediately remove, or cause the immediate removal of, the vehicle in the manner provided in and subject to the requirements of, the Vehicle Code of the State and this Municipal Code.

(§ 1. Ord. 768-C.S., § 1, eff. December 23, 2009; § 2, Ord. 876-C.S., eff. May 25, 2022)