(A) The towing fee for the city is $150.
(B) The maximum rate that may be charged for a non-consensual tow of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds shall be no more than 150% of the city’s towing fee for towing on city streets, which shall include charges for all services rendered including, but not limited to, hookup fees, gate fees and all other services rendered in performing such private property tow, except as stated elsewhere in this section.
(C) If the owner, authorized operator or authorized agent of the owner of a motor vehicle which is parked without authorization on private property attempts to retrieve the vehicle before removal of the motor vehicle from the private property, the maximum release fee (drop charge) shall not exceed 50% of the maximum fee allowed in division (A) above. In such circumstances, the owner, authorized operator or authorized agent of the owner of a motor vehicle so parked may offer payment of the towing carrier’s drop charge, and if so offered before removal of the motor vehicle to be towed, the towing carrier shall immediately accept such payment and immediately thereafter deliver the motor vehicle without further transportation or handling.
(D) If dollies are required and used to perform a non-consensual tow, the maximum additional amount that may be charged shall be $10.
(E) The maximum storage amount that may be charged for a vehicle that has been towed as a result of a non-consensual tow and that has remained on the tow lot for more than two hours shall be no more than $6 for the first 24 hour period and $15 during any 24 hour period of storage after the vehicle has been on the lot for the first 24 hours.
(F) A fee in an amount not to exceed $10 may be charged to cover expenses incurred if the owner and lien holder of the towed vehicle are notified by certified, registered mail of the location of the towed article.
(G) All charges for a non-consensual tow shall be for services rendered in the towing, storing or notifying the owner of such vehicles. No towing carrier shall include in its charges any sum of money payable to a third person or entity for any purpose, including, but not limited to, payments to an owner or representative of property from which such vehicles are towed. The inclusion of such sums are declared to be an unfair trade practices.
(H) A towing carrier who violates the terms of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500, or serve a term not exceeding 30 days in jail, or both.
(Ord. 12-09, passed 8-25-09)