When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any
street within the Village during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other
public emergency which affects that portion of the highway on which
said vehicle is parked or abandoned or when any vehicle is found unattended
on any highway within the Village where said vehicle constitutes an
obstruction to traffic or when any vehicle is parked or standing unattended
on any highway within this Village where stopping, standing or parking
is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department
of the Village.
[Amended 3-4-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
The Police Department shall arrange for the
removal and storage of such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense
of said owner. Such owner or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem
the vehicle upon payment to the towing agency for the amount incurred
in effecting such removal and storage fees.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department
to ascertain, to the extent possible, the owner of the vehicle or
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 same.