City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0127R

• File #: 09-0127R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Department of Transportation - Increase in Towing Fees
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/20/2009
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 6/15/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - Department of Transportation - Increase in Towing Fees FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Transportation to report to the City Council on the proposed increase in towing fees; the rationale for the increase as based on fuel utility and operational costs; the possible effect the increases will have on the general public’s ability to reclaim towed vehicles in a timely fashion; and the possibility that the increases will result in an increase in the number of vehicles that are abandoned in towing storage facilities.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Fees, Resolution, Towing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2009	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
6/15/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
4/27/2009	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/23/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/23/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Department of Transportation - Increase in Towing Fees

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Transportation to report to the City Council on the proposed increase in towing fees; the rationale for the increase as based on fuel utility and operational costs; the possible effect the increases will have on the general public’s ability to reclaim towed vehicles in a timely fashion; and the possibility that the increases will result in an increase in the number of vehicles that are abandoned in towing storage facilities.
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On April 1, the Department of Transportation requested the Board of Estimates to approve and authorize execution of the 2009 Towing Rates Agreement with the Baltimore Towers’ Association. The Department submitted as explanation for the fee change: In order to enforce the City’s parking regulations and scofflaw laws as they apply to motorists and their vehicles, the City, through the Department of Transportation and the Police Department, utilizes a group of Medallion Towers to augment City resources in these efforts.

Vehicles are towed when in violation of parking laws in identified tow zones, towed in response to police actions, and towed from private property. The vehicles are towed to the Fallsway Impound Lot or to the Pulaski Highway Storage facility ...