Solana Beach 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 county sheriff’s office, 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 within 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 such street or highway pursuant to Section 22651(l), (m), (n) of the California Vehicle Code.

D. Whenever any vehicle, other than a rented vehicle, is found upon a highway or any public lands and it is known that the vehicle has been issued five or more notices of parking violation to which the owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded within 21 calendar days of citation issuance or 14 calendar days of the mailing of a notice of delinquent parking violation to the agency responsible for processing notices of parking violation.

E. When any vehicle is found illegally parked and there are no license plates or other evidence of registration displayed, the vehicle may be impounded until the owner or person in control of the vehicle furnishes the impounding agency evidence of his or her identity and an address within this state at which he or she can be located. (Ord. 256 § 1, 1999; Ord. 37 § 1, 1987; 1987 Code § 7.52.010)

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. 37 § 1, 1987; 1987 Code § 7.52.020)

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. 37 § 1, 1987; 1987 Code § 7.52.030)