§ 20-17. Impoundment.

(a) Public streets, highways, and roads. A law enforcement officer may cause to be removed at the owner's expense any commercial motor vehicle, farm tractor, golf cart, implement of husbandry, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, road tractor, semitrailer, special mobile equipment, trailer, truck, truck tractor, or vehicle parked on a public street, highway, or road if said commercial motor vehicle, farm tractor, golf cart, implement of husbandry, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, road tractor, semitrailer, special mobile equipment, trailer, truck, truck tractor, or vehicle obstructs the free, convenient, and normal use of the public street, highway, or road by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or endangering the safe movement of traffic or pedestrians therein.

(b) Public rights-of-way.

(1) A law enforcement officer may cause to be removed at the owner's expense, after written notice, any commercial motor vehicle, farm tractor, golf cart, implement of husbandry, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, road tractor, semitrailer, special mobile equipment, trailer, truck, truck tractor, or vehicle parked or stored on the public right-of-way for a continuous period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours, in other than designated parking areas, and is within thirty (30) feet of the pavement edge.

(2) A law enforcement officer may cause to be removed at the owner's expense, after written notice, any commercial motor vehicle, farm tractor, golf cart, implement of husbandry, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, road tractor, semitrailer, special mobile equipment, trailer, truck, truck tractor, or vehicle parked or stored on the public right-of-way for a continuous period in excess of ten (10) days, in other than designated parking areas, and is more than thirty (30) feet from the pavement edge. The police department shall be required to report same to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within twenty-four (24) hours of such removal.

(c) Public parking lots and public property. A law enforcement officer may cause to be removed at the owner's expense, after written notice, any commercial motor vehicle, farm tractor, golf cart, implement of husbandry, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, road tractor, semitrailer, special mobile equipment, trailer, truck, truck tractor, or vehicle parked or stored on property owned, leased or otherwise used by the city for public parking for a continuous period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours.

(Ord. No. 2005-21, § 1, 6-21-05)