§ 6.30.490. Removal of vehicle—Circumstances.

Members of the Reno Police Department are authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage which is designated or maintained by the police department or otherwise maintained by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:

(a)

When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street, alley, roadway, dedicated city property, highway, bridge, viaduct or causeway, or in any tube or tunnel, if such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;

(b)

When a vehicle upon a street, alley, roadway, dedicated city property, highway, bridge, viaduct or causeway, is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person who is in charge of such vehicle is, by reason of physical injury or other reason, incapacitated to the extent that he is unable to provide for its custody or removal, or is not in the immediate vicinity of the disabled vehicle;

(c)

When any vehicle is illegally parked in a parked space or location for 24 hours or more or is parked so illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;

(d)

When the person who is driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle is arrested for any alleged offense for which the arresting officer is required by law to take such person before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay;

(e)

When any vehicle is found parked in such a manner as to constitute a fire hazard or an obstruction to fire-fighting apparatus, including marked fire hydrants;

(f)

When any vehicle has five or more notices of infraction which have not been responded to by the registered owner and/or operator of such vehicle, after being warned that repeated violations may result in impounding or immobilizing the vehicle;

(g)

Whenever impoundment is ordered by the Reno Municipal Court after a show cause hearing has been conducted in connection with the immobilization of such vehicle, as provided by sections 6.30.580 and 6.30.520 to 6.30.560, inclusive; or

(h)

Whenever impoundment is ordered by the hearing officer after a hearing has been conducted in connection with the immobilization of such vehicle, as provided by sections 6.30.570 and 6.30.580.

(Ord. No. 4054, § 1, 2-12-91; Ord. No. 5969, § 4, 9-12-07; Ord. No. 6194, § 1, 7-6-11)