34-10 Amend Title One, Administration of the Traffic Code

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(8) When any vehicle is left unattended due to the removal of an ill, injured or arrested operator; (9) When any vehicle has been operated by any person who has failed to stop in case of an accident or collision; (10) When any vehicle has been operated by any person who is driving without a lawful license or while his or her license has been suspended or revoked; (il) When any vehicle is found for which two or more citation tags for violations of this Traffic Code have been issued and the owner or operator thereof has failed to respond to such citation tags as lawfully required; (12) When any vehicle is standing or parked in any private driveway, alleyway or areaway between buildings in violation of Section 351.01(q) of this Traffic Code; (13) When any vehicle is standing or parked in a municipal parking garage or on other public property in violation of Section 351.01(r) of this Traffic Code. (b) Any vehicle removed under authority of paragraph (a)(2) or (3) hereof shall be ordered into storage and/or disposed of as provided under Ohio R.C. 4513.60 et seq. Any other vehicle removed under authority of this section shall be ordered into storage and the Police Division shall forthwith notify the registered vehicle owner of the fact of such removal and impounding, reasons therefor and the place of storage. Any person desiring to redeem an impounded vehicle shall appear at the Police Division to furnish satisfactory evidence of identity and ownership or right to possession. Prior to issuance of a release form, the claimant, owner or operator shall either pay the amount due for any fines for violations on account of which such vehicle was impounded or, as the court may require, post a bond in an amount set by the court, to appear to answer to such violations. The pound operator shall release such vehicle upon the receipt of the release form and payment of all towage and storage charges. (c) No owner or operator shall remove an impounded vehicle from the place of storage without complying. with the above procedure. Possession of a vehicle which has been impounded and unlawfully taken from the place of storage, by the owner or operator, shall constitute prima- facie evidence that it was so removed by the owner or operator. 303.09 WILLFULLY LEAVING VEHICLES ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY. (a) No person shall leave any motor vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63, on private residential or private agricultural property for more than four hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer, without notification to the Chief of Police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place. (b) No person shall leave a vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle, at a repair garage or place of storage for a longer period than that agreed upon by the owner of such garage or place of storage and the owner or person in custody or control of such vehicle. 23