O-2010-3297 towing motor vehicles from streets, including for the offense of driving without vehicle insurance

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unable to provide for its removal or custody, or are not in the immediate vicinity of the disabled vehicle. (6) An officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged offense and the officer is by law required to take that person arrested immediately before a magistrate. (7) The vehicle is standing, parked, or stopped in any portion of a street, and the officer has reason to believe that the vehicle constitutes a hazard or interferes with the normal function of a governmental agency or that the safety of the vehicles is imperiled; (8) The vehicle is standing, parked, or stopped in violation of regulations established under this Code or state law; (9) The vehicle is in an accident and the vehicle's owner or operator fails to show evidence of financial responsibility as required under Chapter 601 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended; or (10) The vehicle is stopped by a police officer for an alleged violation of a city or state traffic law or other law applicable to the operation of a vehicle on the roadway and the vehicle's owner or operator fails to show evidence of financial responsibility as required under Chapter 601 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended. (11) The vehicle is authorized or required to be towed by other applicable city ordinance, code, state or federal law. (b) A police officer may, at his or her discretion, with the permission of an arrested person, leave an arrested person's vehicle at the scene of the arrest or other location. In these instances, the arresting officer shall ensure that the vehicle is legally parked and secured and not otherwise in violation of any applicable city ordinance, code, state or federal law. (c) No vehicle that has been towed under items 9 or 10 of this Section may be released to an owner or other responsible party until proof of financial responsibility satisfying the requirements of Chapter 601 of the Texas Transportation has been provided to the La Porte Police Department. Once verified, the Department will issue a release form, authorizing the towing service to release the vehicle." Section 3. Chapter 70 "Traffic and Vehicles" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Secs. 70-183-70-210. — "Reserved." is hereby amended to read as follows: "Secs. 70-184-70-210 —Reserved." Section 4. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision or requirement of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine in a sum of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each violation. Section 5. Open Meetings. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The