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motor vehicle owner whose vehicle is towed, recovered, or stored without his consent. Section 23-233. Authorized. The chief of police or any police officer appointed by him is hereby authorized and directed to remove or cause to be removed, under any of the following circumstances, any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer from any street or public ground to the city pound to be designated by the city manager and to be there held as hereinafter provided: (a) When any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is found on the streets or public grounds of the city unattended by the owner or operator and such vehicle, trailer or semitrailer constitutes a hazard to traffic or is parked in such a manner as to be in violation of law. Section 23-365. Other permissible lights; police and fire department vehicles, emergency vehicles, etc. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with no more than two (2) fog lamps, one passing lamp, one driving lamp, two (2) side lamps of not more than six (6) candlepower; interior light of not more than fifteen (15) candlepower and signal lamps. Commercial vehicles as defined ~n section 52-8.4 of~ the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, buses operated as public carriers and taxicabs, as defined in section 56-273 of the Code of Virginia, may be equipped with (i) vacant or destination signs and (ii) one steady-burning, white lamp for the nighttime illumination of exterior advertising, emitting a diffused light of such an intensity as not to project a glaring or dazzling light on vehicles operated as public carriers, and signal lamps. Only fire apparatus, forest warden vehicles, ambulances, rescue and lifesaving vehicles, those vehicles listed in paragraph (a) of this section, and school buses may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating red or red and white emergency lights of a type approved by the Superintendent. Only law enforcement vehicles may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating blue or blue and red emergency lights of types approved by the superintendent. Vehicles permitted by this section to be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating red, red and white, blue or blue and red emergency lights may be equipped with the means to flash their headlamps when their emergency warning lights are activated if; (i) the headlamps are wired to allow either the upper beam or lower beam to flash, but not both, and (ii) the headlamp system includes a sensor which prevents flashing of headlamps when