A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within this Village during a snowstorm, flood,
fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public
highway or parking lot upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned,
said vehicle may be removed by (or under the direction of) the Police
Department of the Village.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or public parking lot within the Village where said vehicle constitutes
an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by (or under
the direction of) the Police Department of the Village.
C.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within this Village where stopping, standing
or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by (or under
the direction of) the Police Department of the Village.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this Article, the Police Department of the Village may store (or cause
such vehicle to be stored) 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 person with whom stored of the amount of
all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department
of the Village to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the
vehicle or the person having the 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. Said Police Department of the Village
shall also, without delay, report the removal and disposition of any
vehicle removed as provided in this Article to the Village Clerk.
