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 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 Village.
C.
When any vehicle is deemed to be abandoned, as described by the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York, on any highway or public
parking lot within the Village, said vehicle may be removed by or
under the direction of the Village.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Village 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
not to exceed the rate or charge as may be fixed from time to time
by the Board of Trustees.
It shall be the duty of the Village 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 same. Said Village
shall also without delay report the removal and disposition of any
vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Village Clerk.
