303.10 TOWING, STORAGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

   (a)   For services rendered by authorized towing companies, as set forth in Section 303.09, such towing companies shall charge towing and storage for services rendered, an amount not to exceed that set forth in the following schedule:

 

	Service	Fee
(1)	For all towing services performed wholly within the City, except as otherwise provided for herein	$125.00
(2)	For all towing services for a motorcycle tow with trailer performed wholly within the City	$125.00
(3)	For storing vehicles for each 24 hour period or fraction thereof	$ 20.00
(4)	For storing vehicles less than four hours	$ 5.00
(5)	Towing with flatbed truck	$150.00
(6)	Cleanup of accident site (removal of glass, injurious substances and normal debris where cleanup takes more than one hour)	$25.00 per hour or fraction thereof

   (b)   There is hereby established an administrative charge in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) which shall be assessed against the owner of any vehicle impounded pursuant to Section 303.07, for the purpose of recovering a portion of the City's administrative costs incurred in the removal and impounding of the vehicle. The administrative charge may be paid directly to the City, taxed as costs in any related civil or criminal proceeding, or collected with the towing and storage fees when the vehicle is claimed. Unless the authorized towing company holding the vehicle has received official notice that the fee has been paid, the fee shall be collected when the owner or the owner's representative claims the vehicle, and shall be remitted to the City by the towing company within thirty (30) days. An impounded vehicle shall not be released without the administrative charge first being paid. Any towing company failing to collect and remit the administrative charge in accordance with this subsection shall forfeit its designation as an authorized towing company under Section 303.09.

   (c) No administrative charge under subsection (b) shall be imposed against a towing company that obtains a salvage title to a motor vehicle in its possession, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4505.11.

   (d)   The fees set forth in subsection (a) hereof shall include the removal of glass, injurious substances and normal debris, resulting from accidents, from the public streets at the request of the Police Department.
(Ord. 114-2018. Passed 12-26-18.)