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File #: 2003-2301    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 9/9/2003 In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
On agenda: Final action: 9/30/2003
Enactment date: 9/30/2003 Enactment #: 30
Effective date: 10/10/2003    
Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five Traffic, Article III, Towing, Chapter 525.01 Towing Charges, by increasing the immobilization fee from $150.00 to $225.00 $300.00.
Sponsors: Gene Ricciardi
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 05 - TRAFFIC
Presenter
Presented by Mr. Hertzberg
 
AS AMENDED
 
Title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five Traffic, Article III, Towing, Chapter 525.01 Towing Charges, by increasing the immobilization fee from $150.00 to $225.00 $300.00.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
 
Section 1.  Section 525.01 of the Pittsburgh Code is hereby amended and supplemented to read as follows:
 
525.01      AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE IMMOBILIZATION AND TOWING CHARGES
 
(a)      The City Treasurer is hereby authorized to impose and collect a charge of [one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)] Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($225.00) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to cover the costs of immobilization of vehicles. A notice of this charge shall be given on the warning notice placed on each immobilized vehicle as provided for in ยง 521.01.
 
(b)      The City Treasurer is hereby authorized to impose and collect charges for towing vehicles by City tow trucks or by private towers under contract with the City according to the schedules set forth by this Chapter.
 
 
(c)      The City Treasurer is hereby authorized to impose and collect a twenty-five dollars ($25.00) administrative fee when a vehicle is released in the Parking Area (as defined in Section 525.05) by a tower under contract with the City to the owner or operator of the vehicle.