A.
When any vehicle is parked in violation of § 185-15B or parked or abandoned at any time on any highway or public parking lot within this Town 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 Superintendent of Highways or any police officer.
B.
When any vehicle is found unattended on
any highway or public parking lot within the Town where said vehicle
constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed
by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Highways or any
police officer.
After removal of any vehicle as provided
in this article, the Superintendent of Highways or any police officer
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.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent
of Highways or any police officer 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
Superintendent of Highways or police officer shall also, without delay,
report to the Town Clerk the removal and disposition of any vehicle
removed as provided in this article.
