The fact that a motor vehicle may be licensed or registered
with the State of New York but does not display a current registration
shall be presumptive evidence that such motor vehicle is unlicensed.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the Village of Canisteo
to store or deposit or cause, suffer or permit to be stored or deposited
an abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle or part or piece
thereof on any private property within the Village, except within
a garage or other permanently enclosed building.
Any abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle found by
the enforcement official to be in violation of § 105-3may
be removed from the premises on which it is located in the following
manner:
A. The enforcement officer shall serve written notice on the owner of
the private property on which the vehicle is located, ordering such
person to remove the same or cause the same to be removed therefrom
within 10 days of the date of said service. The enforcement official
may determine the ownership of any parcel of land in the Village from
the current assessment roll.
B. In the event that said abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle
or vehicles are not removed from the premises within the time required
in the notice, the Village or its representative shall have the right
to enter upon the premises and to remove and dispose of the abandoned,
junked or inoperative motor vehicle or vehicles. The expense of such
removal and disposal shall be a lawful charge against the owner of
the private property and may be collected, if necessary, in a civil
action instituted in the name of the Village.