A.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within this Town 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 a police
officer.
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 a police officer.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Town service 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 with the proper
release from the Police Department, when required, and upon payment
to the person with whom stored of the amount of all expenses actually
and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal and storage.
It shall be the duty of the police officer to
ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the person
having the same in his charge and to notify him of the removal and
disposition of such vehicle pursuant to the duties and rules of the
Police Department.
