A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway or public
parking lot within this Town 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 Monroe County
Sheriff.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway or public parking
lot within the Town where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction
of the Monroe County Sheriff.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Monroe County Sheriff 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 and storage, such storage charges
not to exceed county specifications per day or fraction thereof.
It shall be the duty of the Monroe County Sheriff 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
the same. Said Monroe County Sheriff shall also without delay report
the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in
this article to the Town Clerk.
