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(1) The following are hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the safe and proper regulation of traffic:

(a) Any unattended vehicle or trailer stopped, standing, or parked in violation of the provisions of this Chapter;

(b) Any unattended vehicle or trailer found upon the streets or alleys of this City with faulty or defective equipment;

(c) Any vehicle or trailer left unattended upon any bridge or viaduct where such vehicle or trailer constitutes an obstruction to traffic;

(d) Any vehicle or trailer left upon a street so disabled so as to constitute an obstruction to traffic where the person or persons in charge of the vehicle or trailer are incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal;

(e) Any vehicle or trailer left unattended upon a street or alley and so parked illegally as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;

(f) Any vehicle or trailer left parked in a public highway or street in the same place continuously for seventy-two (72) hours and which has not been moved a minimum of four hundred (400) feet prior to returning to the same location;

(g) Any vehicle or trailer, the driver or custodian of which has been taken into custody by the Police Department under such circumstances as would leave such vehicle or trailer unattended in a public street, alley, or restricted parking area; and

(h) Any vehicle or trailer found being driven or towed on the streets not in lawful condition to be driven or towed.

(2) A motor vehicle or trailer in the public streets in violation of this Section may be towed from the public streets at the direction of a police officer.

(Am 1990-13, Am 2019-04)