(A) An occupied vehicle may not be booted.
(B) A booting service may not attempt to impede or block an owner or operator from removing a vehicle upon which a boot has not yet been affixed.
(C) A booting service must accept at least two nationally-recognized credit cards (MasterCard or Visa) and any debit card in payment for any and all fees charged in coin, with booting.
(D) After immobilizing a vehicle, the booting service must place a weather-proof (e.g., laminated) notice on the driver’s side windshield and/or the driver’s side window of the car, affixed in manner that will not mar the vehicle, but will ensure that the notice will not blow away. This notice must be brightly colored (e.g., yellow or orange), a minimum of eight and one-half inches by 11 inches, and contain the following information, all of which shall be in a large, plainly readable type:
(1) In capital letters: “YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN WHEEL-LOCKED BECAUSE IT WAS PARKED IN A PRIVATE LOT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE OR YOU MAY DAMAGE YOUR CAR AND THE WHEEL LOCK”;
(2) All fees that may be charged prior to release of the vehicle;
(3) That all fees may be paid by cash, credit card or debit card; and
(4) A telephone number to call to have the wheel lock removed. The fees that may be charged must be specifically and precisely disclosed; that is, the notice may not refer to minimum or maximum fees or a range of fees.
(E) A booting service must arrange to respond to a telephone call from the owner or operator of an immobilized vehicle within no more than one hour.
(F) A booting service must make a reasonable effort to release the immobilized vehicle within one hour of responding to the telephone call from the owner or operator of an immobilized vehicle.
(Ord. passed - -2018)