When the county can tow and store your vehicle

Any police officer or other County employee designated by the Chief of Police is hereby authorized to remove, tow away and store, or have removed, towed away and stored by any commercial towing service, any vehicle illegally parked in any place where such parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant, or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle.The County Council may by resolution establish tow away zones providing for the removal and storage of vehicles found within the tow away zone. The resolution shall set forth the area, date and time wherein parking is strictly prohibited and subject vehicles parked in such zones to being towed away and stored. All tow away zones shall be indicated by appropriate signs or markings.Towing away of abandoned vehicles.When a vehicle is abandoned on a public highway or road in the County for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, any police officer or other County employee designated by the Chief of Police may authorize its removal by a towing service.When any unattended, wrecked, burned, or partially dismantled vehicle is creating a traffic hazard because of its position in relation to the highway or its physical appearance is impeding traffic, its immediate removal and storage may be ordered by any police officer or other County employee designated by the Chief of Police.Vehicles towed away under the provisions of this Section shall be stored in the storage yard of the towing agency, and shall be restored to the owner or operator of such vehicle only upon the payment of towing charges and storage fees assessed according to the towing and storage charges currently allowed the commercial towing service contractor rendering such services for the County or specific towing charges established by the Police Department for tow away vehicles, whichever is lower.Any police officer or other County employee designated by the Chief of Police causing the towing away of any vehicle shall promptly notify the dispatcher of the Police Department where such vehicle is stored. All owners or operators of vehicles towed away shall have the responsibility of inquiring as to the place of its storage. Towed away vehicles shall be subject to a lien in favor of the person rendering any towing or storage services to the amount of such charges.When a vehicle is towed away, the Police Department shall maintain a record of the vehicle towed, listing the color of the vehicle, its make, the year of manufacture, the body style, and the license plate number, and shall indicate the date and hour of tow and the locality from which the vehicle was towed away and place of storage.If a towed vehicle remains unclaimed in storage for more than twenty-four (24) hours, a written notice shall be mailed by the Police Department to the registered owner at the address stated in the registration certificate identifying the vehicle, the place of storage and that the vehicle will be sold if unclaimed within twenty (20) days after mailing of the notice. Sale procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 290, Hawai'i Revised Statutes.