The purpose
of this section is to permit the Town's Police Department to take
title to and to utilize for its law enforcement purposes those vehicles
abandoned within the meaning of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1224.
The
Chief of Police or his designee shall insure that prior to taking
title to any such (abandoned) vehicle that the vehicle is actually
abandoned within the meaning of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1224.
The
procedures prescribed in Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1224
shall be complied with, including compliance with any regulations
emanating from the Commissioner of the (State) Department of Motor
Vehicles (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1224 (10).
This remedy set forth in § 206-57 is not exclusive of any other remedy available under applicable federal, state or local law for the disposition of abandoned vehicles.