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Safety committee debates towing for repeat parkers and higher parking fines
Summary
University Heights safety committee considered amendments to the towing/impound rules and an increase in parking fines, heard operational limits from police, and deferred a final decision on towing while referring a fines proposal to city council.
University Heights safety committee members on April 7 discussed proposed changes to code language that would allow impounding vehicles after repeat parking violations and considered raising parking fines.
The committee focused on amendments to “code section 40407(a)(1) and (a)(10)” and related impound and release language and the separate parking-penalties proposal in code section 452.999. The police chief warned that a six‑month “look back” to identify people with two or more violations would generate a large administrative list; a test run produced roughly 1,000 matching entries. Committee members asked staff to pursue options to limit that burden before sending towing language to council.
Why it matters: city officials said tickets alone have not stopped repeat illegal parking around John Carroll University and other areas. The proposed changes would let officers impound vehicles when a registered owner has two or more parking citations (paid or adjudicated) within a six‑month period or when a vehicle has two outstanding citations. Supporters said stronger consequences could…
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