Label
Police Tow Lot Fees
Toledo Police Department
Lt. James Brown (x3203)
Revised
Title
Repealing Toledo Municipal Code Sections 765.11, "Fees for police ordered tows" and 765.12 "Storage charge for police ordered tows", enacting new Toledo Municipal Code Sections 765.11, "Fees for police ordered tows" and 765.12 "Storage charge for police ordered tows"; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
TMC Chapter 765 was originally adopted in Ord 77-98 and amended in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Fees associated with police ordered tows are set by TMC Section 765.11 and 765.12. The fees were last adjusted in 2008 and are now below comparable fees charged in other cities.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code, Chapter 765.11, "Fees for police ordered tows", which reads as follows:
765.11. Fees for police ordered tows.
Owners of towed vehicles shall pay the City a One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) towing fee per vehicle pursuant to the current fee schedule prior to the release of said vehicle. This fee is exclusive of any storage fee, fee for extraordinary services or pursuant to the heavy duty vehicle schedule, if applicable, and is subject to periodic review by the Director of Public Safety.
The maximum fee paid by the City to any licensee hereunder for removing a vehicle in response to a police call shall be as follows:
(a) For the tow of any passenger car, motorcycle, stake, panel or dump truck, loaded or empty, up to and including one-half ton, the charge shall be Seventy-five dollars ($75.00), subject to periodic review by the Director of Public Safety.
(b) Additional related expenses to accommodate extraordinary circumstances including but not limited to weather, environmental or tactical emergencies which involve extra time and labor may be paid at the discretion of the Director of Public Safety to a licensee and chargeable to the owner...
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