§ 12.20.210. Towing of vehicles.

A.

Any police officer, parking enforcement officer, or the authorized agent may order the towing of the following motor vehicles and trailers:

1.

A vehicle violating any parking or parking meter provision of this title if the parking or parking metered area from which the vehicle is to be towed is posted "Tow Zone" or "Cars Impounded," or a notice of similar import, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;

2.

A vehicle remaining parked or standing in any municipal off-street parking facility in the City for longer than forty-eight consecutive hours, and a vehicle remaining parked in any municipal off-street parking facility for longer than has been prepaid for the vehicle;

3.

A vehicle violating the provisions of Sections 12.20.020, 12.20.030, 12.20.110 or 12.20.200;

4.

A vehicle which is left standing or parked in any manner in which the vehicle is a menace, nuisance or obstacle to the free and effective movement of any traffic or to the operation or potential operation of emergency vehicles, emergency work or emergency workers;

5.

A vehicle for which five or more citations for municipal parking violations have been issued within one year and which have been adversely adjudicated or are uncontested and remained unsatisfied; or

6.

A vehicle unlawfully parked in a space reserved to physically handicapped persons, or any debris, material, vehicle or other object which interferes with or obstructs marked fire lanes, or vehicles parked in designated fire lanes which are for the access of operation of any Fire Department equipment or other emergency vehicles or equipment; or

7.

A vehicle that is abandoned on public property as defined by Maryland Transportation Article, Section 25-201 or its successor; or

8.

A vehicle parking or standing on any City street or in any municipal off-street parking facility for longer than forty-eight consecutive hours, if the vehicle is unregistered according to the laws of the State of Maryland.

B.

Upon the towing of a vehicle as provided for in Subsection A of this section, the City or the authorized agent shall make reasonable efforts to notify the owner as to the location of the vehicle.

(Ord. O-55-06 Amended § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. O-11-02 § 1 (part); Ord. O-8-95 § 1 (part): prior code §§ 16-40.1(a), (b), 16-83)

(Ord. No. O-16-16, § I, 5-9-2016)