A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within the Town of Van Buren 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 Highway Superintendent or the Fire Marshal.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or public parking lot within the Town where said vehicle constitutes
an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the Highway Superintendent or the Fire Marshal.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Highway Superintendent or the Fire Marshal 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 actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such
removal and storage, such storage charges not to exceed such amounts
as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
It shall be the duty of the Highway Superintendent
or the Fire Marshal to ascertain to the extent possible the owner
of the vehicle or the person having the same in charge and to notify
him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount
which will be required to redeem the same. Said Highway Superintendent
or Fire Marshal shall also, without delay, report to the Town Clerk,
the New York State Police and the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department
the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in
this article.
