[Adopted effective 1-15-1963; amended effective 3-15-1968; 9-1-1977 (§ 52 of
the prior compilation)]
Members of the Police Department of the Town are hereby authorized
to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle from a street or highway,
or from an alley or road in private ownership and used for vehicular
traffic by the owner and those having express or implied permission,
to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage or
other place of safety designated or maintained by the Town, when such
vehicle is left unattended and is so parked illegally as to constitute
a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic,
or is so parked illegally as to impede snow removal operations for
the Town, or is parked within 10 feet of a fire hydrant in violation
of the Connecticut General Statutes. Members of the Police Department
of the Town are also hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed
any vehicle from a street or highway when such vehicle is parked overtime
and beyond the period of legal parking time established by the Traffic
Authority, when signs are posted that vehicles so parked will be removed.
Such vehicle so removed may be recovered by the owner or his
agent upon presentation of sufficient proof of ownership or authorization
to obtain possession thereof and upon full payment of all removal
and storage charges.
Whenever an officer causes the removal of a vehicle and the
officer determines from available registration information the name
and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall promptly give
or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of
such removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which such
vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored
in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor
of such garage.
