Amending Chapter 4 Entitled Licenses Add Section 4-20.5 Vehicle Removal Service

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or enterprise in possession of the place at which such vehicles will be stored, which fees must be attested to by such person or enterprise. (d) License fee. If the applicant meets the requirements of this section, the Controller shall issue a license upon payment of an annual fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) . (e) Liability insurance required. No vehicle removal service license will be issued hereunder unless there is on file in the office of the Controller, and in full force and effect, a current policy of insurance in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for injury to or destruction of property as a result of any one occurrence and a public liability policy covering accidental bodily injury, including death, to any member of the public in an amount of not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all public liability from any one. occurrence. Said policy shall be updated annually and on. file with the office of the Controller before any issuance or reissuance of a vehicle removal service license issued hereunder. (f) Notice requirements. No person shall have the right to remove, impound or otherwise disturb any motor vehicle which is parked, stalled or otherwise left on private property, other than family residential property, owned or controlled by such person, unless the following notice provisions are satisfied. ( 1) A property owner must post a sign, notifying the public of parking restrictions, at least 24 hours before towing or ordering the towing of an unauthorized vehicle. (2) Sufficient numbers of signs must be posted permanently so that at least one sign is clearly visible and readable from each parking area and each vehicle entrance and exit to the property at all times. As part of its inspection and review under 4-20. 5(c) (1) herein, the Department of Code enforcement will verify that this requirement has been satisfied. In no event may any sign be posted on public property. (3) Each sign shall: (A) Summarize all parking restrictions enforced on the property, including time and area restrictions; (B) Indicate that vehicles violating the restrictions may be towed at the vehicle owner's expense; and (C) List the name, address and telephone number of each vehicle removal service authorized to remove unauthorized vehicles from the property; the name, address and telepphone number of the property owner or person exercising control over the property; and a telephone number that is answered personally at all times of the day and night by the property owner or an agent of the owner who is informed of each vehicle removed from the property. (4) Each sign must be: (A) Not less than 24 inches tall and 18 inches wide nnr mnrP than In i nchpc tall and 7d i nr•hac cal,tc .