A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway or in a municipally
controlled parking area within the incorporated limits of this Village
during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects
that portion of the public highway or municipally owned parking area
upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be
removed by the Police Department of the Village of Lancaster.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway or in any municipally
controlled parking area within the incorporated limits of this Village,
where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle
may be removed by the Police Department of the Village of Lancaster.
C.
When any vehicle in any municipally controlled parking area is parked
beyond the period of legal parking time as posted or established by
this chapter or is parked in a prohibited area as posted or is parked
in such manner as to obstruct traffic or to prevent the removal of
snow from the immediate area, said vehicle may be removed by the Police
Department of the Village of Lancaster.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Police Department may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the
expense of the owner. Such owner or person in charge of the vehicle
may redeem the same upon the payment of the amount of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal, together
with any charges for storage.
The Police Department shall, without delay, report the removal
and the disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in this article
to the owner of said vehicle and shall notify him of the amount which
will be required to redeem the same.
