City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2002-0178

• File #: 2002-0178
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 2/19/2002
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 3/22/2002
• Enactment date: 3/12/2002
• Enactment #: 7
• Effective date: 3/22/2002
• Title: An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article VII: Services Businesses, Chapter 763: Parking Lots, Section 763.12. Nonconsensual towing of vehicles from nonresidential parking places.
• Sponsors: Alan Hertzberg
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 07 - BUSINESS LICENSING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2002	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
3/12/2002	3	City Council		Pass
3/12/2002	3	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
3/6/2002	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
3/6/2002	1	Committee on Public Safety Services	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
3/5/2002	1	City Council	RECOMMITTED	Pass
2/27/2002	1	Committee on Public Safety Services	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
2/19/2002	1	City Council	Read and referred

Presenter
Presented by Mr. O'Connor

Title
An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article VII: Services Businesses, Chapter 763: Parking Lots, Section 763.12. Nonconsensual towing of vehicles from nonresidential parking places.

Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article VII Services Businesses, Chapter 763: Parking Lots, Section 763.12. Nonconsensual towing of vehicles from nonresidential parking places is supplemented with the following:


(b) In order for the Operator of a Nonresidential Parking Place to remove or have removed a motor vehicle without the prior consent or authorization of the owner or operator of the vehicle under the authority of 75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statues Annotated Section 3353(c), at the time the motor vehicle entered the Nonresidential Parking Place the Operator must have a valid Nonresidential Parking Place Insignia for the Nonresidential Parking Place issued by the License Officer. The License Officer shall not issue a Nonresidential Parking Place Insignia for any Nonresidential Parking Place until the Bureau of Building Inspection has inspected the Nonresidential Parking Place and determined that it is in full compliance with the Pennsylvania Code's regulations on public notice signs, sign placement, sign size, nighttime visibility or other regulations promulgated hereafter. Additionally, the License Officer shall ensure that the Nonresidential Parking Place is in full compliance with subsection (d) of this Section before issuing a Nonresidential Parking Place Insignia.

The failure to use barricades as required in subsection (d) shall be grounds for the revocation of the Nonresidential Parking Place Insignia. The restoration of the Parking Insignia after revocation for noncompliance with any part of this Section shall be $250.00 for the first ...