A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Village during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public
emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which
said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by
Village employees on order of the Mayor.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this Village, where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by Village employees on order
of the Mayor.
C.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
said vehicle may be removed by Village employees on order of the Mayor.
[Amended 11-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
After removal of any vehicle, as provided in this article, the Clerk or Clerk-Treasurer of the Village may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such owner or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem the same upon payment to the Clerk or Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in affecting such removal, together with any charges for storage, as such charges are set forth in Chapter A243, Fees, Charges and Deposits.
The Village Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall, without delay, report to the Mayor the removal and the disposition
of any vehicle removed as provided in this article, and it shall be
the duty of such Village Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer to ascertain,
to the extent possible, the owner of the vehicle or person having
same in charge and to notify him of the removal and disposition of
such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem same.
