Poway Municipal Code Art. I Removal of Vehicles from Highway

Any individual authorized pursuant to Section 22651 of the California Vehicle Code, including but not limited to, any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department of the City is authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the City under the circumstances enumerated in this chapter and otherwise set forth with the California Vehicle Code:

A. When any vehicle has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for 72 or more consecutive hours;

B. When any vehicle has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway when the parking or standing of vehicles thereon has been prohibited by ordinance or resolution of the City Council, and where signs are posted giving notice of such removal;

C. When any vehicle has been parked or left standing on a street or highway in violation of temporary “No Parking” signs which have been posted on said street or highway pursuant to Section 22651(l), (m) or (n) of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 25 § 1(a), 1981)

Any officers removing a vehicle as provided in this chapter shall comply with the procedures set forth in Section 22850, et seq. of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 25 § 1(b), 1981)

This chapter is not intended to limit that authority of the City as set forth in Chapter 10 of the California Vehicle Code, commencing with Section 22650 thereof, but is intended to supplement that authority.

(Ord. 25 § 1(c), 1981)