Any vehicle may be removed by the Chief of Police
or his or her designee:
A. When said 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;
B. When said vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic or pedestrians; or
C. When said vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited.
After removal of any vehicles as provided in
this Article, the Police Department 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 vehicle upon payment to the Police Department
of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in
effecting such removal or to the owner or operator of a commercial
vehicle removal company and/or storage lot if such removal and storage
shall be by commercial vendor authorized by the Police Department,
together with any penalties provided for within this chapter.
The Police Department shall ascertain to the
extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having the same
in charge and notify him or her of the removal and disposition of
such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the
same.
[Amended 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 3-2000; 5-20-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
A. No parking shall be allowed in the Division Street Lot, South Grand Street Lot and the Main and Union Street Lot after three inches of snowfall until the lot is cleared. All vehicles left in these parking lots during a snow emergency shall be deemed abandoned in accordance with §
148-29 of the Village of Cobleskill Code.
B. Parking will be allowed in the Union Street Lot until
all other lots have been cleared, at which time all vehicles shall
be moved to an alternate lot so that the Union Street Lot may be cleared
of snow.
C. Parking lots. The following areas are designated as
Village parking lots:
[Amended 1-20-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
(1) Division Street Parking Lot (TMP No. 68.06-1-14).
(2) South Grand Street Parking Lot (TMP No. 68.05-5-7).
(3) Main and Union Street Parking Lot (TMP No. 56.18-7-21).
(4) Union
Steet Parking Lot (TMP No. 56.17-8-12).
(5) Firehouse Lot (TMP No. 68.6-3-6): limited to 25 spaces
at the west end of the parking lot.