[Amended 9-15-1986 by L.L. No. 9-1986[1]]
A.
Authority to impound vehicles.
(1)
When any 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, said vehicle may be removed by
authority of the Supervisor of Public Works so designated by the Board
of Trustees.
(2)
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by authority of the designated
Supervisor of Public Works.
(3)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
said vehicle may be removed by authority of the designated Supervisor
of Public Works.
B.
Storage and charges. After removal of any vehicle
as provided in this section, the designated Supervisor of Public Works
may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner.
Such owner, or the person in charge of the vehicle, may redeem the
same upon payment to the Village Clerk of the amount of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred by the Village in effecting such
removal, together with any charges for such storage incurred by the
Village.
C.
Notice of removal. The designated Supervisor of Public
Works shall without delay report the removal and the disposition of
any vehicle removed as provided in this section to the Village Clerk,
and it shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to ascertain to the
extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the person having the
same in charge and to 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 9-28-1976 by T.O. No. 3-76; 10-1-1984 by L.L. No. 5-1984]
A.
Trucks, buses, tractors, trailers, semitrailers and
any other type of motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, such
as the transportation of goods, wares, people and merchandise, provided
that such vehicles weigh in excess of 8,000 pounds, are hereby excluded
from the highways owned and maintained by the Village within the Village.
B.
The regulations established in this section shall
not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of passengers,
merchandise or other property and the operation of school buses along
the highways from which such vehicles are otherwise excluded.
C.
For the purposes of this section, the terms "truck," "bus" and "tractor" shall have the meanings set forth in Article I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The terms "trailer," "semitrailer" and "commercial vehicle" shall have the meanings set forth in § 219-12 of this chapter.
[Amended 7-19-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
