Section 16-128. Removal of incumbrances from streets

a. The commissioner
  shall remove, or cause to be removed, any vehicle, box, barrel, bale  of
  merchandise  or  other  movable  property or article or thing whatsoever
  found upon any street, in accordance with  regulations  adopted  by  the
  board of estimate.
    b.  The  board  of  estimate shall set forth, in such regulations, the
  procedures to be followed by the commissioner relating to:
    1. the leasing of yards for storage  of  property  removed  under  the
  authority of this section;
    2. notification to the owner of the property removed, if such owner is
  ascertainable, that the property is being held by the commissioner;
    3. redemption, by the owner, of the property removed;
    4. reimbursement, by the owner, of the expenses of removal incurred by
  the commissioner;
    5. the sale, by the commissioner, of the property held by him or her;
    6.  the  keeping  of  records  and  accounts, the transmission of such
  records to the comptroller, and the transmission of funds  collected  to
  the commissioner of finance; and
    7.  such other regulations as the board of estimate may deem necessary
  to carry out the provisions of this section.
    c. Such regulations shall not become effective until  adopted  by  the
  board  of  estimate  and filed, by the secretary of such board, with the
  city clerk, pursuant to section eleven hundred five of the charter.