[Amended 1-8-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or in a Village parking lot within the Village during a snowstorm,
flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of
the public highway or Village parking lot upon which said vehicle
is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by the Village
and/or its agents.
B.
When a vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or in a Village parking lot within this Village where said vehicle
constitutes an obstruction to traffic and/or maintenance of said highway
or parking lot, said vehicle may be removed by the Village and/or
its agents.
C.
When a vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or Village parking lot within this Village where stopping, standing
or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Village
and/or its agents.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Village and/or its agent 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 of a fine,
if any, to the Village Court for any summons issued for a parking
violation and payment to the Village and/or its agent of the amount
of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such
removal and storage of such vehicle. There shall also be an additional
administrative fee of as established by the Board of Trustees paid
to the Village Clerk/Treasurer of the Village of Shortsville.
The Village and/or its agents shall without
delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed
as provided in this article to the Ontario County Sheriff's office
and the Village Clerk/Treasurer's office, and it shall be the duty
of the Village Police Department and/or the Village Clerk/Treasurer's
office to 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.
