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Tualatin council resists towing company request to raise private-property impound fees
Summary
City staff told council the maximum private-property impoundment fees in Tualatin's code have not changed since 2013. After reviewing comparator cities and a request from Beaverton Towing, the council signaled it will not approve substantial increases and asked staff to invite a narrower proposal and gather business input.
Tualatin's city council pushed back on a request from a private towing company to raise maximum fees for private-property impounds, saying the existing schedule in Tualatin Municipal Code (TMC) 8-5 — set in 2013 — remains broadly reasonable compared with neighboring cities.
Don Hudson, assistant city manager and finance director, told the council that Beaverton Towing submitted a letter asking the city to review the caps in TMC 8-5, which were adopted in October 2013 and have not been updated. Management analyst William Sullivan said staff reviewed municipal codes for 11 neighboring and comparator cities and found most do not regulate private-property impoundment (PPI) rates. "The only cities we found that regulate PPI rates are Portland, Gresham and Fairview,…
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