[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Irondequoit 1-20-1977 as Ch. 60, Art. V, of the 1977 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this town during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency
which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle
is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by the Commissioner
of Public Works/Town Superintendent of Highways.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this town where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to
traffic, said vehicle may be removed by the Commissioner of Public
Works/Town Superintendent of Highways.
C.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this town where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
said vehicle may be removed by the Commissioner of Public Works/Town
Superintendent of Highways.
[Amended 1-3-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this chapter, the Commissioner of Public Works/Town Superintendent
of Highways may store such vehicle 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 Police Department of the amount of all
expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal,
owing and storage as per the schedule maintained by the Town Board.
The Commissioner of Public Works/Town Superintendent
of Highways shall without delay report the removal and the disposition
of any vehicle removed as provided in this chapter to the Police Department,
and it shall be the duty of such Police Department to ascertain to
the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having the
same in charge and notify him or her of the removal and disposition
of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem
the same.
[Added 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023[1]]
A.
The Town may convert in any calendar year up to 1% of its unclaimed abandoned vehicles not affected by Subsection B hereof, or two such vehicles, whichever is greater, to its own use.
B.
The Town
may convey any abandoned vehicle to its own use, provided that, at
the time of abandonment, such vehicle has no number plates affixed
and is of a wholesale value, taking into consideration the condition
of the vehicle, of an amount which under state law leads to the immediate
vesting of title in the Town.
The penalties for the violation of this chapter
are contained in Title IX, Article 45, and Subdivision (h) of § 1180
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, as amended
or changed.
