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
or parking lot upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said
vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Mayor or his
designee.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway or public parking
lot within the Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction
of the Mayor or his designee.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Mayor or his designee 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 $25 per day or fraction thereof.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor or his designee 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
same. Said Mayor or his designee shall also without delay report the
removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in this
article to the Village Clerk.
