[Amended 10-20-1998 by L.L. No. 10-1998]
[Amended 3-20-2001 by Ord. No. 59-2001; 7-17-2001 by Ord. No. 155-2001; 3-21-2006 by Ord. No. 62-2006; 10-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-167; 7-17-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-112]
A. 
When any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter is parked or abandoned on any highway or public parking lot within this City 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 Commissioner of Police.
B. 
When any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter is found unattended on any highway or public parking lot within the City where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or an unsafe road condition, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Commissioner of Police.
C. 
Tow-away zones. In addition to any other penalty provided for parking, stopping or standing in prohibited areas, the Police Commissioner or the Commissioner of Public Works, or both, are hereby empowered to remove or to direct the removal of any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer, provided that signs are posted designating such streets as tow-away zones. All vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer removed from such tow-away zones may be redeemed, as provided for in this article.
D. 
In addition to any other penalty provided for prohibited or unlawful parking in this chapter, the Police Commissioner is hereby empowered to remove or to direct the removal of any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer that is parked for more than 48 continuous hours on any street or public place. All vehicles removed pursuant to the provisions of this section may be redeemed as provided for in this article, upon payment of the necessary expenses of removal and storage.
E. 
The following additional vehicles are subject to towing:
(1) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer which is involved in an accident where the driver or owner is not at the scene or is incapable of making a decision or refuses to have the vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer moved from the accident location.
(2) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer the owner of or registrant of who has been issued at least 10 parking summonses in the City of New Rochelle which remain unpaid.
(3) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer which is unattended and is parked in a hazardous manner or in a highly restricted location, i.e., fire zone, tow-away zone or blocked driveway.
(4) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer which is derelict or abandoned as defined herein or is a stolen vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer.
(5) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer which, after having been issued at least five parking summonses in the City of New Rochelle which remain unpaid 60 days following issuance of the oldest summons thereof, has been subject to booting pursuant to § 312-65.1 hereof and such open parking summonses have not all been paid within 24 hours of such booting.
(6) 
Any vehicle/motorcycle/bicycle/scooter or trailer which is parked on any off-street property owned or controlled by the City of New Rochelle, except where such parking is specifically permitted in public parking lots and garages pursuant to Article VII hereof.
[Added 3-20-2001 by Ord. No. 59-2001]
The Police Commissioner is hereby empowered to cause the following vehicles to be booted:
A. 
Any vehicle which has been issued at least five parking summonses in the City of New Rochelle which remain unpaid 60 days following issuance of the oldest summons thereof.
[Amended 10-20-1998 by L.L. No. 10-1998; 10-16-2001 by L.L. No. 8-2001]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the Commissioner of 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 stored of the amount of all expenses, as provided in Chapter 133, Fees, incurred in effecting such removal and storage, and where the vehicle has been towed pursuant to § 312-65 of this Code, upon additional presentation of a receipt issued by the New Rochelle City Court indicating that all unpaid parking summonses have been paid.
[Amended 10-20-1998 by L.L. No. 10-1998]
  It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Police to ascertain to the extent possible the last record owner and lienholder, if any, of the vehicle and to notify such owner and lienholder, if any, by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail of the removal and storage of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem same; the amount of unpaid parking summonses which must be paid at the time of redemption of the vehicle; and that title to such vehicle shall vest in the City of New Rochelle and that such vehicle may be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed at the direction of the Commissioner of Police if not redeemed within 30 days of such notice.