As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The time period during or after any three-inch snowfall and
prior to the plowing of a street by or at the direction of the Highway
Department of the Town of Rotterdam.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Any vehicle parked or abandoned on any highway
within the Town of Rotterdam during a snow storm, flood, fire or other
public emergency, or found unattended where it constitutes an obstruction
to traffic, or any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
may be removed by the Police Department or by the Town Highway Department.
After removal of any vehicle, as provided in
this article, the Police Department or the Town Highway Department,
whichever authority may have effectuated said removal, may provide
for the storage of such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense
of the owner. Such owner or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem
same upon payment of all expenses and charges actually and necessarily
incurred for such removal and storage.
The Highway Department shall, without delay,
report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed by the
Department as provided in this article, to the Police Department,
and it shall be the duty of said Police Department to ascertain to
the extent possible the owner or person in charge of any vehicle removed
and stored pursuant to this article and to notify said person of the
removal and disposition of such vehicle and the amount which will
be required to redeem the same.
