[Amended 12-5-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006; 7-5-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
A.
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 Chief
of Police, or by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Village.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
or public parking lot within the Village where said vehicle constitutes
an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the Chief of Police, or by the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Village.
A.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article,
the Police Department and/or Code Enforcement Department 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 the vehicle is stored
the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting
such removal and storage, such storage charges not to exceed a fee
as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
per day or fraction thereof: $20 per day, plus an administrative fee
of $50 for all impounded vehicles, to be paid upon redemption of the
vehicle.
B.
A fee as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees is hereby established for the towing or other
removal as provided herein, and such fee and such further amount,
if any, for such towing, plus any charges for storage, shall be paid
to the Village before a vehicle shall be released to the owner thereof.
If a vehicle shall be stored on public property, a fee as set forth
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees shall be
paid for each day or portion of a day of such storage.
C.
The Village will comply with the minimum timeframes for storage and
notification under New York State law and may dispose of impounded
vehicles beyond that timeframe. However, any vehicle that remains
in storage for 90 consecutive days will be disposed of by the Village
and will no longer be eligible for redemption by the owner of the
vehicle.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department
and/or Code Enforcement Department to ascertain to the extent possible
the owner of the vehicle or the person having the same in charge and
to notify him or her of the removal and disposition of such vehicle
and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same. Said
Police Chief or Code Enforcement Officer shall also, without delay,
report to the Village Clerk the removal and disposition of any vehicle
removed as provided in this article.
