When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any public highway in the Town of Greenburgh in violation of any state or local law or ordinance, said vehicle may be removed and impounded upon the authorization of any police officer of the Town of Greenburgh Police Department under procedures promulgated by the Chief of Police. Such vehicle may be placed and stored in any area designated by the Chief of Police of the Town of Greenburgh. The vehicle may be stored until disposed of in accordance with applicable law and any regulations promulgated by the Chief of Police of the Town of Greenburgh Police Department in the furtherance thereof.
[Amended 5-27-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
After such removal, the Police Department may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. The owner/operator or person in charge of said vehicle shall pay to the Police Department, before the release of said vehicle, an administrative processing fee of $40. A storage fee of $15 per day for each day or fraction thereof shall be charged for each vehicle stored at the police impound. The Police Department shall issue a receipt for all payments made under the provisions of this chapter.
All towing by private tow truck operators authorized under this chapter shall be accomplished at the direction of the Police Department under procedures promulgated by the Chief of Police. Fees for towing and storage by a private tow service shall be approved by the Chief of Police. The approved towing and storage fees for private authorized tow operators removing or storing vehicles under this section shall be conspicuously posted in the License Section of the Police Department and at the principal place of business of the private tow service. The Police Department shall notify the last registered owner of said vehicle by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the impoundment and the procedures to be followed in order to redeem said vehicle.
[Added 12-10-1990 by L.L. No. 9-1990]
A. 
Fees to remove a vehicle from privately owned real property under the direction of the owner or an individual acting on behalf of the owner or to remove any immobilization device from a vehicle shall be set in accordance with § 863.214 et seq. of the Laws of Westchester County. Upon payment, the tow company or the owner of the immobilization device shall provide the owner of the vehicle with an itemized receipt.
[Amended 2-13-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
B. 
Immobilization.
(1) 
As an alternative to the removal of a vehicle from privately owned property, the owner or an individual acting on behalf of the owner may have said vehicle immobilized and left where found, secured by the use of a wheel lock or other such immobilization device.
(2) 
[1]When an immobilization device is used, the owner thereof shall attach to the vehicle a notice containing the following information:
(a) 
The location and identifying characteristics of the vehicle.
(b) 
The date and time of placement of the immobilization device and the signature of the installer.
(c) 
Notice that any person tampering with the device or the vehicle will be subject to criminal prosecution.
(d) 
Such other information, statements, notices and warnings as the Chief of Police may, from time to time, determine to be appropriate.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding a fee to remove an immobilization device, was repealed 2-13-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991.
C. 
Any privately owned real property owner who will either remove or immobilize a vehicle illegally parked on his property must post a sign thereon stating such, as well as the restrictions for parking, the name, address and phone number of the individual or company that will do the towing or immobilization and the steps which the owner of the vehicle must take to obtain the release of the vehicle.
(1) 
Said sign shall be posted prominently in plain view on the premises no more than nine feet above ground level and shall measure no less than two feet by two feet in dimension.
(2) 
Said sign shall be written in letters no less than 1 1/2 inches in height and shall be of a color contrasting the background and shall be well lit at all times.
A. 
Conversion to Town use.
(1) 
In each calendar year the Town may convert to its own use up to 1% of its unclaimed abandoned vehicles or two such vehicles, whichever is greater.
(2) 
Nothing herein shall prohibit the Town of Greenburgh from taking immediate title to any additional abandoned vehicles if, at the time of such abandonment, said vehicle has no number plates affixed and is of a wholesale value, taking into consideration the condition of the vehicle, as set forth in § 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York. The sale or other disposition of all abandoned vehicles in the Town of Greenburgh shall at all times be in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B. 
Notification of owner; storage charge. After a vehicle has been lawfully impounded by the Town of Greenburgh and later released pursuant to court order, it shall be the duty of the Town of Greenburgh to notify the last known owner of said vehicle that if said vehicle is not removed from the Town premises within 10 days of such written notification, said owner shall be billed storage charges not to exceed $10 per day or a fraction thereof and may not redeem such vehicle until such storage charges are paid to the Police Department.