Any vehicle parked or left standing unattended upon any street or public place in the town, except for vehicles found to have been abandoned under the terms of §§ 130.40 through 130.47 of this code, at any time or place, in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, any other ordinance of the town, any statute or any vehicle known to have been stolen and so left on any street, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance as an unlawful obstruction upon the street or public place, and a hazard to traffic thereof, and any police officer (including but not limited to the Town Marshal and Deputy Town Marshal), upon discovering any such vehicle so parked or kept standing, unattended or when it is attended and the operator or occupant, if able to do so, refuses or fails to move it, on request, shall attach to such vehicle, or serve upon such person a notice of such violation, and in addition to and independent of the penalty and remedy for such violation, such officer may remove such vehicle, or cause the same to be removed, to any town-owned or operated property, or to a private garage or place, where so authorized pursuant to a contract, where the same shall be impounded and detained, as hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-5) (Ord. 95-8-1, passed - -)