HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #24 - Discussion ItemORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE TOWING OF MOTOR
VEHICLES: AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED BY
ADDING THERETO A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "TOWING
OF MOTOR VEHICLES"; PROVIDING FOR THE LICEN-
SURF, tiN] REGULATION OF BUSINESS EINTERPRISES
ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF RECOVERING, TOWING,
REMOVING, AND STORING OF MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION, PRO-
VIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to provide
a uniform system for the licensure and regulation of business
enterprises which are engaged in or which intend to engage in
the practice of recovering, towing, removing, and storing of
motor vehicles parked on private property without the permission
of the owner of the private property; and
WHEREAS, statutory authority for this ordinance is
found within 715.07► Florida Statutes, 1981, (The Florida
Towing Statute) wherein it is stated that the .\requirements of the
statute shall be the minimum standards and'shhll not preclude
enactment of additional regulations by a .municipality or county;
TIOW, THEREFORE, BE IT QRDAINV $Y THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AIAMI, FLORIDA: '
Section 1. Chapter 42 of the Code of the City of N:iami
is hereby amended by adding Article 5 thereto to read as follows:
"Article 5. TLing of Motor Vehicles
Sec. 1. Authority.
The provisio4d of this Ordinance are enacted pursuant
to the statutory po�er of the City to establish and enforce busi-
ness regulaton�s1 neFessary for the protection of the public and
pursuant to Sec. 715.07(2)(
Sec. 2. Short Ti
This Ordinance sh
"Towing Company Licensing a:
Miami."