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Any duly authorized and acting police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed a vehicle from a street in this city when such vehicle violates any of the provisions of Section 11.40.030 under the following circumstances:

A. When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct or causeway or in any tube or tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;

B. When any vehicle is left standing upon a highway in such a position as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic;

C. When any vehicle is found upon a highway and report has previously been made that the vehicle has been stolen or complaint has been filed and a warrant thereon issued charged that the vehicle has been embezzled;

D. When any vehicle is illegally parked so as to block the entrance to a private driveway and it is impractical to move such vehicle from in front of the driveway to another point on the highway;

E. When any vehicle is illegally parked so as to prevent access by firefighting equipment to a fire hydrant and it is impracticable to move such vehicle from in front of the fire hydrant to another point on the highway;

F. When the person or persons in charge of a vehicle upon a highway are, by reason of physical injuries or illness, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.

(Ord. 1663 NCS §1 (part), 1986.)