[Added 5-27-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
This article shall be known as the “Scofflaw Program.”
A. 
The Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh finds that a significant number of vehicle owners fail to respond to parking summonses issued for violations of parking orders, rules, regulations, ordinances and local laws; that a significant number of such owners are persistent violators; and that by reason of out-of-state registration of such vehicles, transfer of ownership and reregistration of such vehicles and other devices, violators frequently are able to evade existing enforcement measures.
B. 
By reason of the foregoing, the Town Board finds that the public's health, welfare and safety will be served by the adoption of a local law that provides additional means of enforcing parking orders, rules, regulations, ordinances and local laws in the case of vehicle owners who fail to timely respond to summonses issued for parking violations.
C. 
The Town Board does hereby order and enact this article to accomplish the aforesaid purposes.
A. 
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to provide for the removal and impoundment of vehicles against which three or more parking summonses have been issued, if three or more of such summonses, at least two of which have been issued on separate dates, have not been answered within 45 days of the appearance date or dates shown on such summonses.
B. 
As provided in § 460-46, the Police Department shall notify the last registered owner of said vehicle by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the impoundment and the procedures to be followed in order to redeem said vehicle.
C. 
The total cost of removal, including towing, storage and associated administrative fees, shall be at the sole expense of the owner of the vehicle.
A. 
Any vehicle removed and impounded as herein provided shall be promptly released to its owner upon:
(1) 
Payment of all towing, storage and administrative fees as delineated under § 460-45; and
(2) 
The owner or his/her agent posting cash security in an amount not to exceed the total of the maximum fines permitted upon conviction of the offenses charged in the outstanding summonses against the vehicle and the associated penalties levied because of the failure of the owner to timely answer; or
(3) 
The payment in full of all fines and associated penalties; and
(4) 
Presentation by the owner, or his agent, of an order of the Court authorizing such release.
B. 
Any police supervisor on duty at the Greenburgh Police Station shall be authorized to determine the amount of security that the owner, operator or agent of the owner must post for the release of the vehicle. In determining the amount of such security, consideration shall be given to the likelihood of the vehicle owner, operator or agent appearing in Town Court to answer the outstanding summonses and the number of such outstanding summonses against the vehicle. The person posting the security shall be provided with a receipt, and security payments shall be forwarded to the Town Court in the same manner as cash bail.
C. 
Any police supervisor on duty at the Greenburgh Police Station shall be authorized to establish an appearance date in Greenburgh Town Court for the owners of any towed and impounded vehicles to answer outstanding parking summonses.