Any vehicle parked or abandoned on any street
or highway within this Village during a snowstorm, flood, fire or
other public emergency, or found unattended on any street or highway
where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, or found
unattended on any such street or highway where stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles is prohibited, may be removed by the Chief
of Police or any employee or agent of the Village duly designated
by the Mayor or Clerk. Such removal by the Village shall be done without
incurring any liability for damages to the vehicle, provided reasonable
care has been taken in its removal.
After such removal of any vehicle as provided
in this article, such vehicle may be stored at a place designated
by the Mayor or Clerk, to be there held until the owner or operator
of such vehicle shall call for and remove the same.
Prior to such removal from such storage, the
owner or operator of such vehicle shall pay to the Clerk the amount
of all reasonable charges and expenses actually and necessarily incurred
in such removal from such street or highway, not to exceed the sum
of $25 per day or fraction thereof. Proof by the Village of payment
of removal charges or storage charges at rates not exceeding those
hereinabove prescribed shall be deemed prima facie proof of the reasonableness
of such charges.
The Clerk without delay shall report to the
Mayor and the Board of Trustees the removal and disposition of any
vehicle as provided in this article and also shall notify the owner
or operator of any such vehicle so removed, if the name of such owner
or operator can be ascertained, of the removal and disposition of
any such vehicle and of the amount required to be paid before the
same may be removed from storage.