(a) Non-Metered Private Lots. A motor vehicle found to be illegally parked or disabled on private property and otherwise authorized to be legally removed may not be removed from the property for 15 minutes if the discovery of the motor vehicle was made by the towing company in which case the towing company shall include the discovered time and the removal time on the "Notification or Removal" as required in Section 545.11. If the discovery of the illegally parked or disabled motor vehicle was made by the property owner and the towing company was requested to remove the illegally parked or disabled vehicle, the motor vehicle may be removed immediately. If an illegally parked vehicle is discovered parked blocking the entrance or exit to or from private property, in a marked and signed fire lane, in a marked and signed handicapped space or wholly or partially on a lawn the vehicle may be towed immediately.
(b) Metered Private Lots. A motor vehicle found to be illegally parked or disabled at a metered parking space on private property may not be removed from the property unless the illegally parked vehicle has 3 or more consecutive unpaid parking tickets over the course of 3 or more calendar days, or 3 or more accumulated parking tickets in at least a 12-hour period of time. If a motor vehicle is towed from a metered parking space on private property, the towing company shall include the specific dates of the unpaid parking tickets on the "Records of Vehicles Towed or Stored" in Section 545.13.
(Ord. 40-2011. Passed 12-6-11.)