7-3-4: OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO TOW VEHICLES; WHEN:
A. Any Breckenridge police officer or community service officer who finds a vehicle which such officer has reasonable grounds to believe has been abandoned in violation of section 7-3-2, "Unlawful Abandonment Of Vehicle On Public Property", of this chapter shall require such vehicle to be removed or cause the same to be removed and placed in storage in any impound lot designated or maintained by the town.
B. Whenever any Breckenridge police officer or community service officer finds a vehicle, attended or unattended, standing in a manner described in subsection C of this section, such officer is authorized to cause the vehicle to be removed and placed in storage in any impound lot designated or maintained by the town.
C. A Breckenridge police officer or community service officer shall be authorized to have a vehicle removed and placed in storage in any impound lot designated or maintained by the town under any of the following circumstances:
1. When a vehicle is found standing or parked upon any portion of a street, highway or right-of-way generally open to the use of the public in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or an obstruction to traffic, proper highway maintenance, snow removal, construction or repair;
2. When a vehicle is found to be standing or parked in a properly designated tow away zone in violation of the town's traffic code; (Ord. 46, Series 2002)
3. When a vehicle is found to be standing or parked upon any portion of a street, highway or right-of-way generally open to the use of the public in violation of section 1208 of the town's traffic code (reserved parking for persons with disabilities- applicability-rules); or (Ord. 46, Series 2002; amd. Ord. 1, Series 2015)
4. When a vehicle is found to be standing or parked upon any portion of a street, highway or public right-of-way generally open to the use of the public if there are three (3) or more outstanding parking citations issued by the town involving such vehicle. A parking citation shall be considered to be outstanding for the purpose of this paragraph if such citation has remained unpaid for a period of time in excess of twenty (20) days from the date of the issuance of such citation.
D. Neither the officer, nor anyone acting under such officer's direction, shall be liable for any damage to a vehicle occasioned by the lawful removal or towing and impoundment of such vehicle when done pursuant to this section. (Ord. 46, Series 2002)