§ 25-14. Private parking hauls.

(a)

No permit holder shall tow a vehicle parked on a parking facility within the City of Fort Stockton onto a public street within the city unless the parking lot has signs that are in full compliance with V.T.C.A. Occupations Code, Ch. 2308, Subch. G.

(b)

Whenever it becomes necessary under this section for the permit holder to disassemble parts of a vehicle in order to tow such vehicle, the permit holder shall reassemble such parts upon reaching his place of business.

(c)

No pet holder shall give any form of compensation to the owner or operator of a parking facility from which the permit holder has towed a vehicle.

(d)

No permit holder shall have the vehicle owner or operator of a vehicle which has been towed from a parking facility sign a release from liability until the owner has inspected the vehicle. Any such release shall contain a notation of such inspection as well as an enumeration of any damages alleged by the vehicle owner or operator to be the responsibility of the permit holder. The release shall be a full release except as to specifically enumerated damages.

(e)

A vehicle storage facility accepting a vehicle from private property shall immediately upon accepting the vehicle into storage shall notify the City of Fort Stockton Police Department of such removal and acceptance of storage of the vehicle. Such notification shall include the following:

(1)

The physical description and license number or vehicle identification number, if there are no license plates, of the vehicle to be removed;

(2)

The name of the permit holder removing the vehicle; and

(3)

The location of storage of the vehicle.

(4)

The name of the tow operator that removed the vehicle.

(f)

The maximum fee which may be charged by a permit holder for the removal and impoundment of a vehicle from a parking facility under this section shall not exceed what is allowable by law.

(Ord. No. 14-100, 2-24-14)