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File Number: 05-00491
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Miami, FL 33133
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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
PRIORAE APTION OF THIS ORDINANCE; CONTAINING A REPEALER
EDVOERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
PROVISION,
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
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Article IV. Towing and Immobilization of Motor Vehicles
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Division 4. Police Tows and Department of Off -Street Parking Tows
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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
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police and Department of Off -Street Parking dispatched towing and wrecker service for private
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 3.00
(2) Class B:
Base rate $130.00
I. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge $ 25.00
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile 3.50
(3) Class C:
Base rate $155.00
i. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge $ 25.00
H. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile 4.50
(4) Class D:
Base rate $180.00
I. City or Department of Off -Street
Parking administrative charge $ 25.00
ii. Mileage rate -after first five miles, per mile 4.50
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(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 inthe-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 iri
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}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
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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