Property
Owners must post a notice meeting the following requirements before vehicles
can be towed:
a. The notice must be prominently placed at each driveway
access or curb cut allowing vehicular access to the property, within 5 feet from
the public right-of-way line. If there are no curbs or access barriers, the signs
must be posted not less than one sign for each 25 feet of lot
frontage.
b. The notice must clearly indicate, in not less than 2-inch
high, light-reflective letters on a contrasting background, that unauthorized
vehicles will be towed away at the owner’s expense. The words “tow-away zone”
must be included on the sign in not less than 4-inch high
letters.
c. The notice must also provide the name and current telephone
number of the person or firm towing or removing the vehicles or
vessels.
d. The sign structure containing the required notices must be
permanently installed with the words “tow-away zone” not less than 3 feet and not
more than 6 feet above ground level and must be continuously maintained on the
property for not less than 24 hours prior to the towing or removal of any
vehicles or vessels.
e. The local government may require permitting and inspection
of these signs prior to any towing or removal of vehicles or vessels being
authorized.
f. A business with 20 or fewer parking spaces satisfies the
notice requirements of this subparagraph by prominently displaying a sign stating
“Reserved Parking for Customers Only Unauthorized Vehicles or Vessels Will be
Towed Away At the Owner’s Expense” in not less than 4-inch high, light-reflective
letters on a contrasting background.
g. A property owner towing or removing vessels from real
property must post notice, consistent with the requirements in sub-subparagraphs
a.-f., which apply to vehicles, that unauthorized vehicles or vessels will be
towed away at the owner’s expense.
