Official:Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by adding a requirement that an illegally parked vehicle be ticketed prior to its towing from a private parking lot, private property, or driveway, except for hospital premises, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: June 16, 2016
Signed: December 8, 2016
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires towing companies to ticket a vehicle before towing it from a private parking lot, property, or driveway, unless the vehicle is on hospital premises.
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