10.14.050 Parked Vehicles - Removal by Police Authorized When - Procedure Required:
A. Members of the Moses Lake Police Department are authorized to remove or have removed a motor vehicle from the street as an unauthorized vehicle according to the provisions of RCW 46.55, when:
1. The motor vehicle is parked on a part of a street on which a parking prohibition is in effect;
2. The motor vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance or provision of law and is interfering or about to interfere with snow removal operations.
B. Whenever a Police Officer removes or has removed a vehicle from a street as authorized in this section and the Police Officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, such Police Officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice orally and/or in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. A copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of the place of business where the motor vehicle has been stored.
C. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to keep a record of each motor vehicle removed in accordance with this section. The record shall include a description of the motor vehicle, its license number, the date and time of its removal, where it was removed from, its location, the name and address of its owner and last operator, if known, its final disposition, and the parking infraction involved.
D. This section shall be supplemental to any other provisions of law granting members of the Police Department authority to remove motor vehicles. (Ord. 1223, 1986)