(A) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition and removing the key, or when standing upon any perceptible grade without effectively setting the brake thereon and turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.

(B) Whenever any police officer shall find a motor vehicle standing unattended with the ignition key in the vehicle, in violation of this section, the police officer is authorized to remove the key from the vehicle and to deliver the key to the Police Department. (Ord. 189 § 1, passed 8-11-2004. Code 1982 § 10-3-3. Code 2012 § 72.22.)