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Towing capacity, statutory hold and enforcement limits slow removal of unauthorized RVs, council says
Summary
Neighborhood leaders reported clusters of RVs and slow removals; council members said towing contractors have limited storage and must hold vehicles 15 days by statute, the city code limits street parking of RVs to short loading/unloading windows, and callers should report encampments to 311 or SPD.
Neighborhood representatives told the District 2 town hall that camps and parked RVs are concentrated in parts of the city and that removals have been uneven.
Doug Trudeau, chair of the East Central Neighborhood Council, said volunteers counted roughly 30 RVs in one sweep and that while some owners could use RV parks, others appear abandoned or involved in suspected drug activity. "There's 1 right over here that's just it should just be removed because…
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