Whenever any motor vehicle is abandoned or junked on a public street or highway, or on property owned or operated by the town, or on private property, any such vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, to a storage garage or area; provided, no merely abandoned vehicle shall be removed from private property without the written request or permission of the owner, lessee, or occupant thereof unless the same has been declared by the town to be a health or safety hazard.
(Prior Code, § 90.04)