When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within
the corporate limits of the Incorporated Village of the Branch during
a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency, or found unattended
where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, or found
in any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, such
vehicle may be removed on the authority of the Mayor or of the Suffolk
County Police Department.
Upon such removal, the Mayor or the Suffolk County Police Department
may store such vehicle at any public garage or other suitable place
within the Town of Smithtown at the expense of the owner. Such owner
or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem the same upon payment
to the Mayor or the Suffolk County Police Department, for the account
of the Village, of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in effecting such removal, together with such storage charges
as may have been incurred. Such charges shall be a lien upon the vehicle
so removed and impounded and shall be paid before the vehicle is released
from custody.
The Mayor or the Suffolk County Police Department shall ascertain
the name of the owner of any vehicle removed and impounded and notify
him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and the amount
which will be required to redeem the same. Notice by ordinary mail
addressed to the last known address of the registered owner of such
vehicle shall be sufficient notice to redeem.
[Added 1-10-1989 by L.L.
No. 1-1989; amended 4-12-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
A. The outside storage of any unlicensed, unregistered, inoperative
or discarded vehicles upon privately owned properties within the Village
of the Branch or in the streets adjacent to said properties is a source
of annoyance to members of the public and to owners and occupants
of adjacent properties. The storage of any vehicles in excess of 72
hours, which vehicles are raised on jacks, blocks or any other device,
both on privately owned properties within the Village of the Branch
or in the streets adjacent to such properties, is also a source of
annoyance to members of the public and to the owners and occupants
of adjacent properties. The outdoor storage of such vehicles on private
land is hereby deemed unsightly and constitutes an attractive nuisance
to children and a peril of their safety. Further, it depreciates the
value of neighboring properties. The preservation of peace and good
order, the protection of public health and property and the prevention
of fires and explosion compels legislation upon this subject. It is,
therefore, declared that the purpose of this section is the effective
termination of such obnoxious practices.
B. No property shall be used for the outside storage of unlicensed,
unregistered, inoperative or discarded vehicles in any nonresidential
district within the Village of the Branch, nor shall any said vehicles
be stored in any public street adjacent to said nonresidential property.
C. No vehicle may be stored or shall remain on any nonresidential property
or in the public street adjacent to said property for more than 72
hours when raised on jacks, blocks or any other device.
D. No vehicle may be repaired or dismantled on any nonresidential property
or public street adjacent thereto, within the Village of the Branch
unless said vehicle is owned by the owner or occupant of the premises
on which said vehicle is being repaired.
E. Any person, partnership, firm, or corporation who shall violate any
of the provisions of this section shall, upon a plea of guilty or
conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be subject to a monetary
fine not to exceed $2,500.
[Added 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
A. No boat shall be stored, parked or kept outside in any residential
district in the Village of the Branch in any area between the front
line of a residence, as extended to the side property lines and the
street line in front of said residence.
B. Any boat stored in any residential district within the Village of
the Branch must belong to the owner or occupant of the premises upon
which it is being stored.