(1) Boot. A device consisting of metal clamps or jaws and a padlocking device, which when attached to the wheel of a motor vehicle, prevents the vehicle from being driven.
(2) Delinquency Notice. A notice sent to the registered owner of the vehicle for which a parking ticket against the license plate has been issued and has not been paid within the prescribed period of time.
(3) City. The City of Philadelphia or its designated agent.
(4) Department. The Police Department.
(5) Towing Zone. Any area designated by the Council of the City of Philadelphia, where parking is otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, from which parked vehicles shall be removed or towed by the Police Department during designated hours; or any non-public street or area designated by the Street Department as a tow away zone after certification by the Fire Commission or Police Commissioner that the public safety, health and general welfare require the prohibition of parking on such non-public streets or areas. 213
(6) Vehicle. Any automobile or other device in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported on a public highway.
Notes
| 212 | Amended, 1983 Ordinances, p. 349. |
| 213 | Amended, 1961 Ordinances, p. 231. |
(1) Public Streets.
(a) The Council of the City of Philadelphia shall, by ordinance, designate towing zones.
(b) Such ordinance shall specify the hours during which vehicles shall be removed or towed from such towing zones.
(c) All towing zones shall be clearly designated by appropriate signs.
(a) Council finds that the traffic congestion resulting from the extensive parking of vehicles on private service streets and ramps abutting multistory residential buildings and adjacent garage facilities interferes with and impedes the free flow of vehicular traffic around, and access to, such buildings and presents a serious hazard to the safety, health and general welfare of the residents of such buildings in the event of fire or other public emergency.
(b) Whenever the Fire Commissioner or Police Commissioner finds that the parking of motor vehicles on private service streets and ramps abutting multi-story buildings results in traffic congestion and interference with the free flow of vehicular traffic and to and from such buildings, and creates a hazard to the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of such buildings, the Fire Commissioner or Police Commissioner may certify such fact to the Street Department, which shall thereupon promulgate and issue appropriate regulations prohibiting parking and creating towing zones on such streets and ramps.
Notes
| 214 | Amended, 1961 Ordinances, p. 231. |
(1) No garage, other than a garage operated by the City or by any public agency shall be designated as an official towing station unless the owner, lessee or operator has entered security with the Department in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in form approved by the Law Department, for the faithful performance and discharge of its duties as an Official Towing Station, as bailee of impounded vehicles, and to indemnify owners of vehicles against loss, injury or damage to such vehicles while in the custody of the Official Towing Station.
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