(A) If any such vehicle is found by any police officer parked in violation of this chapter, or abandoned on the streets of the town, it shall be the duty of the officer to cause such vehicle to be removed and conveyed to a garage designated by the wrecker rotation list, at the owner's expense. The owner, or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be given immediate personal notice, if he is a resident of the town. If he is a nonresident, he shall be given notice by certified mail, return receipt requested if his address can be ascertained.
(B) If the address of such owner cannot be ascertained, the chief of police or his agent, shall advertise that such car has been abandoned and impounded, giving an accurate description thereof, including the name of the person the vehicle is registered to, the circumstances under which the same was found and removed and calling upon the owner to reclaim the same within 30 days. Such notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in any newspaper in general circulation of the town. If such vehicle is not reclaimed after such advertisement, the same shall be sold for cash at public auction to the highest bidder in front of Town Hall or such other place as may be designated therefor.
(C) The expenses of removing, keeping, advertising and selling the vehicle shall be paid from the proceeds of such sale, and the balance, if any, deposited by the town clerk/treasurer, subject to the claim of the owner to be filed and proved within 12 months thereafter.
(D) If no such claim is filed and proven within that time, such proceeds shall be forfeited to the town. (Ord. 18-06, passed 5-7-18)