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Ordinance: 12694
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-00441 Final Action Date: 6/9/2005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
42/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), ENTITLED "POLICE/TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION
OF MOTOR VEHICLES/POLICE TOWS," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 42-119 OF SAID CITY CODE BY SETTING THE MAXIMUM TOW RATES
ALLOWED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING DISPATCHED
TOWING AND WRECKER SERVICE FOR PRIVATE VEHICLES, SETTING AN
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25 AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING ANY ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES INCLUDED IN THE MAXIMUM
TOWING FEES INCLUDED IN ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT IN EFFECT;
FURTHER DECLARING THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO BE LEGAL AND VALID
AND RATIFYING, VALIDATING AND CONFIRMING IN ALL RESPECTS, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FEES IMPOSED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS
ORDINANCE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 42/Article IV/Division 4 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 42
POLICE
Article IV. Towing and Immobilization of Motor Vehicles
Division 4. Police Tows and Department of Off -Street Parking Tows
Sec. 42-119. Maximum towing and storage rates for police and Department of Off -Street Parking
dispatched towing and wrecker service for private vehicles.
(a) Towing rates per wrecker class. Towing rates set forth in this section shall be posted in easily
readable form at the customer's point of payment. The following rates are the maximum allowable for
police and Department of Off -Street Parking dispatched towing and wrecker service for private
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vehicles. The applicable rates shall depend upon the requirements of the towed vehicle, rather than
the actual wrecker class utilized. Base rates shall include hookup, unlocking door, if necessary, and
towing.
(1) Class A:
Base rate $ 80.00
i. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge $ 25.00
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile
(2) Class B:
Base rate
i. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile
(3) Class C:
Base rate
i. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile
(4) Class D:
Base rate
i. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge
3.00
$130.00
$ 25.00
3.50
$155.00
$ 25.00
4.50
$180.00
$ 25.00
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile 4.50
(b) It is intended that any administrative fees or charges payable to the City or to the Department of
Off -Street Parking, directly or indirectly, included in the maximum towing fees included in any contract
or agreement in effect in the City be ratified and confirmed at the $25.00 rate for the City
administrative charge or Department of Off -Street Parking administrative charge which is set forth
above. All acts and proceedings, including enforcement procedures, taken in connection with the
imposition of the administrative fee or charge as included in the maximum rates charged for
Department of Off -Street Parking dispatched towing in the city before the date this section becomes a
law are ratified, validated and confirmed, and the administrative fee is declared to be legal and valid
in all respects from the date that it was charged, billed or collected.
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Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall
be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate
omitted and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date
stated herein, whichever is later.
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