The Police Department of the Incorporated Village
of Garden City is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed
any vehicle parked on a public highway, in a municipal parking field
or on other property owned, leased or under the control of the village
where report has been made that three or more delinquent parking tickets
have been issued to such vehicle or to an individual, corporation
or governmental entity in whose name such vehicle is registered, for
violation of any village parking ordinance or violation of any rule,
regulation or designation of the Village Traffic Commission with regard
to parking.
Any such vehicle so removed shall be impounded
and stored in a place designated by the Police Department and shall
be held until it is redeemed or disposed of pursuant to Vehicle and
Traffic Law § 1224.
All sums due for delinquent parking tickets
and all fees for towing, impounding and storage shall be a lien on
any vehicle so impounded.
Any vehicle not claimed by its registered owner
or someone authorized in writing to act on his behalf, within 10 days
of the impounding of such vehicle, shall be deemed to be an abandoned
vehicle and disposed of pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1224.
[Amended 3-7-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
Any person redeeming a vehicle impounded hereunder
shall, prior to obtaining such vehicle, be required to satisfy all
past due delinquent parking tickets issued to such vehicle or to any
individual, corporation or governmental entity in whose name such
vehicle is registered and to pay an impound fee in cash or certified
funds in such amount as determined from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees, together with the actual cost of all fees
for towing and storage of such vehicle.