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Grand Forks committee votes to remove maximum towing fee caps, keeps licensing and access protections
Summary
Following debate, the committee voted 6–1 to remove city code caps on maximum towing fees but retain licensing, impound access rules and add a requirement that property owners make specific removal requests to avoid predatory towing.
The Grand Forks Committee of the Whole voted 6–1 to remove the municipal maximum fee caps for private‑property tows but kept other regulatory protections in place, such as licensing requirements and access rules for vehicles in impound lots.
Why it matters: Grand Forks is the only major North Dakota city that, until this vote, capped maximum towing fees in local code; committee members debated whether the caps are still needed after more than a decade and whether removing them would expose residents to predatory charging.
The ordinance change brought to the committee revisits a 2011…
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