A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this City 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 the Police
Department.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this City where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to
traffic, said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
C.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this City where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
D.
When any vehicle is found to be abandoned upon any
highway within this City, said vehicle may be removed by the Police
Department.
[Amended 3-21-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995; 10-15-1996 by L.L. No. 7-1996]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Police Department may cause storage of 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 of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal and for
the storage of same. The sum of $25 shall be added to the expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in order to defray administrative
costs to the City of Hudson caused by such removal.
The Police Department shall without delay report
the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed as provided
in this article to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to ascertain
to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having charge
of same, in order to notify him of the removal and disposition of
such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem same.
