[Amended 12-4-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
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 Code Enforcement
Officer, Superintendent of Public Works or working foreman for the
Department of Public Works.
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 Code Enforcement Officer, Superintendent of Public Works or
working foreman for the Department of Public Works.
C.
When any vehicle is illegally parked on any highway or public parking
lot within the Village and where the same vehicle has been issued
more than three parking violation summons or appearance tickets within
the previous two years which have resulted in an adjudication of guilty
either by plea or trial or which have not been answered within the
time limit provided by law, said vehicle may be removed by or under
the direction of the Code Enforcement Officer, Superintendent of Public
Works or working foreman for the Department of Public Works.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Code Enforcement 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, such storage charges
not to exceed $100 per day or fraction thereof.
[Amended 12-4-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer, Superintendent
of Public Works or working foreman for the Department of Public Works
who authorizes the removal and storage of a vehicle to ascertain to
the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the person being in
charge of said vehicle and to notify said person of the removal and
disposition of said vehicle and of where and how to redeem said vehicle.
The person authorizing removal shall also without delay report the
removal and disposition of any vehicle removed pursuant to this article
to the Village Clerk and the Ogden Police Department.
