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 Mayor,
Police Chief or Fire Chief.
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 Mayor, Police Chief or Fire Chief.
C.
When any vehicle is found to be in a dangerous condition
or location and the owner or operator cannot be readily located, the
vehicle may be impounded by the Village in the interest of public
safety or under the direction of the Mayor, Police Chief or Fire Chief.
A.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article,
the Mayor, Police Chief or Fire Chief 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 storage,
such storage charges shall be in an amount established from time to
time by resolution of the Village Board or the actual storage charge,
whichever is greater.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor, Police Chief
or Fire Chief to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the
vehicle or the 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 the same. Said Mayor, Police Chief or Fire
Chief shall also without delay report the removal and disposition
of any vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Village
Clerk.
