[Added 3-3-1969]
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 Town Highway
Superintendent
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 Town Highway Superintendent.
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 Town Highway Superintendent.
[Amended 12-14-1970]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Town Highway Superintendent 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 Town
Highway Superintendent of the amount of all expenses actually and
necessarily incurred in effecting such removal, such removal charges
not to exceed $15, together with any charges for storage, such storage
charges not to exceed $2 per day or fraction thereof.
The Town Highway Superintendent shall without
delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed
as provided in this article to the Town police, and it shall be the
duty of such Town police to ascertain to the extent possible the owner
of the vehicle or person having 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 same.
