§ 6-519. Authorization required.

No motor vehicle may be towed by a towing service from any public street or way, public alley or other public property except pursuant to explicit authorization from a law enforcement officer, owner of said vehicle or duly authorized driver of said vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any towing service to make a payment of any kind to any peace officer or law enforcement in return for authorization to tow a vehicle.

Before a towing service may remove an unauthorized vehicle from private property, the towing service must first obtain a written request from the property owner, the property owner's authorized agent or the lessee of the property to remove the vehicle in question, unless the towing service has been given written authorization by one (1) of the aforementioned persons to remove all unauthorized vehicles from said private property. This written request can be in the form of signing the towing company's invoice at the time of each tow. It shall be unlawful for any towing service to make a payment of any kind to any property owner, lessee, or owner's authorized agent in return for permission to tow any vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2643, § 2-4, 9-22-09)