[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Wolcott as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-24-1978 by Ord. No. 39]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any vehicle to park said vehicle on any street in the Town of Wolcott during all snow, sleet, ice, freezing rain or hail storms and/or until the highway has been cleared.
Where reasonably practicably, the Police Department shall notify the owner, operator or other person in charge of a vehicle in violation of § 338-1 to remove the vehicle immediately. If the vehicle is not moved within a reasonable time, members of the Police Department are authorized to remove, or have removed by a commercial towing service, any vehicle parked in violation of § 338-1 to a local garage or place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department within the Town of Wolcott. Such removal shall be at the risk and expense of the owner of the vehicle. Cars so removed shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator upon payment of a reasonable fee for said storage and towing.
Any member of the Police Department is further authorized to issue a parking ticket for failure to remove such vehicle which is parked in violation of § 338-1 of this article. Said parking ticket shall be issued by attaching the same to the subject vehicle, and the ticket shall direct the owner or operator or other person in charge thereof to appear at the office of the Police Department within 72 hours, where a sum not to exceed $100 shall be paid to the Town of Wolcott for each offense. A receipt shall be issued for all such money received.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The provisions of this article shall be deemed not to apply to any motor vehicle which is ordered to be held stationary by order of any member of the Police Department.