A vehicle subject to impoundment under this chapter may be impounded without citation and without prior notice to its registered and legal owners under the following circumstances:

A. When the vehicle is impeding, or is likely to impede, the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic;

B. When the vehicle is parked in violation of a parking restriction sign, or when the vehicle is interfering, or is likely to interfere, with the intended use of the restricted parking zone;

C. When the vehicle poses an immediate danger to public safety;

D. When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle is stolen;

E. When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle constitutes evidence of a crime or contains evidence of a crime, if impoundment is reasonably necessary to obtain or preserve such evidence; or

F. When the vehicle is parked in violation of any city ordinance, and has been issued four or more notices of the same parking violation, none of which have been responded to in accordance with city ordinance for at least 45 days from the issuance of the notice of violation. (Ord. 2003-04 § 1, 2003)