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 public parking lot upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned,
said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
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 the Police Department.
C.
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway or public
parking lot within this Village where stopping, standing or parking
is prohibited or in violation of § 1224 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York, said vehicle may be removed
by the Police Department.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Police Department may 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.
The Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department shall ascertain
to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the person having
the same in charge and notify him of the removal and disposition of
such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the
same.
