[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Larchmont 12-17-1990 by L.L. No. 7-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 67.
Taxicabs — See Ch. 255.
Towing and highway protection — See Ch. 259.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 273.
In addition to any other penalties or fines imposed for the violation of any parking law, rule or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the following categories of vehicles:
A. 
Vehicles operated, standing or parked on any public street, public highway or private road open to public travel, including any portion of the entire width between the boundary lines of such roads, streets and highways, paved or unpaved, or on any property leased by or in the possession and control of the Village of Larchmont, in violation of any provision of any municipal state or county ordinance, law, rule or regulation.
B. 
Vehicles which have three or more outstanding and unpaid parking violations issued against them and which, after mailing and notice to the registered owner at the last address shown for him in Department of Motor Vehicles' registration records for the automobile in question, are found operated, standing or parked on any public street, public highway or private road open to public travel, including any portion of the entire width between the boundary lines of said roads, streets or highways, paved or unpaved, or on any property leased by or in the possession and control of the Village of Larchmont.
A. 
Any vehicle in one of the categories described in § 277-1 above may be removed or caused to be removed by or at the instructions of a member of the Larchmont Police Department by towing or otherwise.
B. 
Within 48 hours or by the first business day after towing, the Police Department shall send a certified letter to the registered owner of such vehicle at the address described in § 277-1B above of the fact of its towing, the place where it may be recovered and the conditions under which it will be released.
Before the owner of any vehicle taken into custody, as above provided, shall be allowed to repossess or to secure the release of said vehicle, the owner or his agent shall pay the following:
A. 
All sums due the Village of Larchmont for any parking violations issued and outstanding against such vehicle and/or any other vehicle owned by such person.
B. 
The cost of towing.
C. 
The cost of storage for each day or portion of a day that such vehicle is so stored.
No such vehicle shall be released until the owner or his agent has established his identity and right to possession and has signed a proper receipt therefor.
Any person who, after having had his vehicle towed, shall remove such vehicle without complying with this chapter shall, in addition to the other charges provided for herein, be liable for a fine of up to $250.