Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on November 13, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on November 14, 2024, Amending Chapter 243-29 Entitled “Maximum Fees for Towing and Storage” of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 243-29
ENTITLED MAXIMUM FEES FOR TOWING
AND STORAGE
Chapter 243. Tow Trucks
Article IV Business Operations; Equipment
§ 243-29Maximum fees for towing and storage. <https://ecode360.com/6604917>
Section 1. Chapter 243-29 of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, entitled “Maximum Fees for Towing and Storage” is hereby amended as follows:
A. <https://ecode360.com/6604918> It shall be unlawful for any operator or the agent, servant and/or employee of such operator to charge more than [$65] $175.
[Amended 5-23-1973, approved 5-24-1973; 10-12-1983, approved 10-13-1983; 3-9-1988, approved 3-10-1988; 5-9-2012, approved 5-10-2012]
B. <https://ecode360.com/6604919> Services to be included in maximum charges. The maximum charges for towing hereinabove set forth shall include the normal services required to prepare the disabled or Impounded motor vehicle for such towing.
C. <https://ecode360.com/6604920> Charges for additional services. In addition to the maximum towing charges hereinabove set forth, the tow truck operator or the agent, servant and/or employee of such operator is authorized to charge an additional charge, not to exceed $25, for services necessarily rendered by such operator or his agent, servant and/or employee to prepare a disabled motor vehicle for towing. Such additional fee is to be limited only to those instances where a disabled motor vehicle is in an overturned condition or is in a ditch or where a flatbed truck is utilized.
[Amended 3-9-1988, approved 3-10-1988]
D. <https://ecode360.com/6604921> Storage charges. It shall be unlawful to charge more than [$5] $20 for storage of a disabled or impounded motor vehicle for each 24 hours or part thereof of the first five days and [$10] $40 for each 24 hours thereafter. No charge shall be made for storage for that period of time during which the tow truck operator is making authorized repairs to a disabled motor vehicle.
[Amended 4-25-1973, approved 4-26-1973; 3-9-1988, approved 3-10-1988]
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate and Contract.
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