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
upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be
removed by the Highway or Police Department.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway or public parking
lot within this Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by the Highway or Police Department.
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 the Highway or Police
Department.
[Amended 1-21-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Highway Department or Police Department 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
Police Clerk of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in effecting such removal. The amount of such removal charge,
as well as of any charge for the storage of said vehicles, is to be
established annually at the organizational meeting of the Village
Trustees, said meeting being the first regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees subsequent to the Village election.
It shall be the duty of the Police Clerk to ascertain the name
of the owner of such vehicle or person having 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.
