(A) City Council finds that regulations are needed to control immobilization of vehicles on both public and private property.
(B) City Council finds in many instances when a vehicle is immobilized on private property, vehicle owners are subjected to instances of price gouging and other overly stringent requirements for the return of their vehicles.
(C) City Council finds that there is often inadequate signage on private property, indicating the times when a car may be immobilized or of the price of a non-consensual immobilization, thereby inadequately apprising the public of the maximum risks of imprudent parking on private property.
(D) City Council finds that immobilization may be necessary to ensure compliance with regulations for parking on public property.
(E) Further, City Council intends to exercise its police powers to ensure that the public security, general welfare, health and order of the city are adequately protected from price gouging and unscrupulous operators.
(Ord. 10-09, passed 8-25-09; Am. Ord. 022-23, passed 1-10-24)