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 Village police.
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 Village police.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Village police 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 vehicle is stored after all expenses actually and necessarily
incurred are paid.
It shall be the duty of the Village police to ascertain to the
extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the person having the
charge of the vehicle, and to notify the person of the removal and
disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required
to redeem it. Said Village police shall also without delay report
the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in
this article to the Village Clerk.
