(A) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled portion of any street on the town unless the vehicle is disabled to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle upon the paved or main traveled portion of the street.
(B) The operator of any truck, trailer or semi-trailer which is disabled upon any portion of any street in the town shall display warning signals not less than 50 feet on the front and rear of the vehicle. During daylight hours, those warning signals shall consist of red flags. During hours of darkness, the warning signals shall consist of red flares or reflectors of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The warning signals shall be displayed as long as the vehicle is disabled.
(C) The owner of any vehicle parked or left standing wholly or partially upon the paved or main traveled portion of a public street shall be deemed to have appointed any investigation law-enforcement officer his or her agent for the purpose of removing the vehicle to the shoulder of the street when the removal is, in the judgment of the officer, necessary.
(D) When any vehicle is parked or left standing upon the right-of-way of a public street within the town for a period of 48 hours or more, the owner shall be deemed to have appointed any investigating law enforcement officer his or her agent for the purpose of arranging for the transportation and safe storage of the vehicle and the investigating law enforcement officer shall be deemed a legal possessor of the motor vehicle within the meaning of that term as it appears in G.S. § 44A-2(d) of the laws of the state.
(E) When any vehicle is parked or left standing within view from the public streets of the town on any private or public property, without being used or operated for a period of 30 days, the motor vehicle should be deemed abandoned by the owner thereof and the owner and the owner of the land upon which the vehicle is situated shall be deemed to have appointed any law-enforcement officer his or her agent for the purpose of arranging for the transportation and removal of the vehicle to a safe storage place for the vehicle and the law enforcement officer shall be deemed a legal possessor of the motor vehicle for those purposes. It being understood, however, that this division (E) shall not apply to any motor vehicle that is parked within a carport or garage.
(F) Any motor vehicle being transported or towed away to a location for the purpose of storage of the same the owner of the vehicle shall not be entitled to the possession thereof until the expenses incurred in the transportation of the vehicle or towing of the vehicle to the person who furnished the service of transportation or towing the same or until the person furnishing the storage area for the vehicle is paid in full for the storage.
(G) In the event a motor vehicle remains stored under this section for a period of 30 days the person furnishing the storage is hereby authorized to sell the vehicle for the storage bill and to pay the expenses of transporting or towing the motor vehicle to the storage area.
(Ord. I-72, passed 1-2-1972) Penalty, see § 72.99