When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within the
Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or
is parked or abandoned on any public highway within the Village during
a snowstorm, flood, serious fire or other extreme public emergency
which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle
is parked or abandoned or when any vehicle is parked or abandoned
on any highway within the Village where stopping, standing or parking
is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Superintendent of
Public Works or the Town Police Department.
After such removal, the Superintendent of Public Works or the
Town Police Department may store such vehicle in a suitable place
at the expense of the owner.
The Superintendent of Public Works or the Town Police Department
shall without delay report the removal and the disposition of any
vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Village Clerk,
and it shall be the duty of such Village Clerk 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 Superintendent of Public Works or the
Chief of Police under this article may be delegated by him to other
members of the Department of Public Works of the Village or the Police
Department of the Town, respectively.