A.Â
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
or public parking lot within this village 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 the Commissioner
of Police or his designee.
B.Â
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or public parking within this village where said vehicle constitutes
an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the Commissioner of Police or his designee.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this Article, the Commissioner of Police or his designee 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 upon payment to the person with whom stored of the amount
of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such
removal, and such storage charges shall not exceed $100 per day or
fraction thereof.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of
Police or his designee to ascertain to the extent possible the owner
of the vehicle or the person having the same in charge and to notify
the person of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the
amount which will be required to redeem the same. Said Commissioner
of Police or his designee shall also, without delay, report to the
Village Clerk the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as
provided in this Article.
