A. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway 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 Athens Police Department.
B. 
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within this Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by the Athens Police Department.
C. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within this Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Athens Police Department.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the Athens 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 Athens Police Department of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal.
The Athens Police Department shall without delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Chief of Police to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having charge of the same and to notify him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
Any of the duties of the Chief of Police under this article may be delegated by him to other members of the Athens Police Department of the Village.