When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within the Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or is parked or abandoned on any public highway within the Village during a snowstorm, flood, serious fire or other extreme public emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned or when any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within the Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Superintendent of Public Works or the Town Police Department.
After such removal, the Superintendent of Public Works or the Town Police Department may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner.
The Superintendent of Public Works or the Town Police Department shall without delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Village Clerk, and it shall be the duty of such Village Clerk to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having charge of the same and to notify him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
Any of the duties of the Superintendent of Public Works or the Chief of Police under this article may be delegated by him to other members of the Department of Public Works of the Village or the Police Department of the Town, respectively.