Towing companies are prohibited, either directly or indirectly, from giving or furnishing a rebate or payment of money or any other valuable consideration to a property owner from whose premise the towing company has, is about to, or will remove motor vehicles. Property owners are prohibited from accepting or giving, either directly or indirectly, any rebate, payment of money, or any other valuable consideration from or to a towing company in connection with the removal of a motor vehicle from private property except for signs and notices as required in Section 545.14. Property owners are prohibited from having a direct or indirect monetary interest in a towing company that, for compensation, removes motor vehicles from their private property. This section is not intended to prohibit the issuance of parking tickets to illegally parked vehicles.
(Ord. 40-2011. Passed 12-6-11.)