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Council hears plan for Riverside Village towing-enforcement zone and contracted towing services
Summary
Staff described a proposal to designate Riverside Village a high-enforcement towing zone with marked entry signs, contracted tow providers following an RFP closing Oct. 24, and potential impacts to parking meters, decks and private-property arrangements; council requested details on signage, rotation vs contract, and enforcement procedures.
Assistant City Administrator JD McCauley presented a first-reading proposal on Oct. 13 to designate a high-enforcement towing zone in Riverside Village. The zone would be marked with entry signs and would subject vehicles parked illegally (yellow-curb areas, curbside illegal parking, parking past posted time limits) to towing. Staff said an RFP for towing services is open and closes Oct. 24 at 12:00 p.m.; the successful contractor would remove illegally parked vehicles to a tow yard within approximately five miles for retrieval.
McCauley said the intent is to enforce existing parking rules more effectively as part of a broader multi-step plan in Riverside Village, which also includes pedestrian/bollard work and other parking adjustments. He said the high-enforcement zone would be contract-based (not a weekly private-rotation system) so the public would not have to track which operator is on duty.
Council members asked whether signs would be posted at entrances, whether private-property towing arrangements would be affected, how the plan would work with parking meters and parking decks, and whether contractors could be rotated. McCauley replied that entrance signage is part of the plan, private-property boundaries remain relevant, the contract could be one or multiple years depending on procurement, and that parking meters and decks would eventually be covered under the enforcement rules. He said golf carts parked illegally would also be subject to towing.
McCauley said the second reading (if council approves the zone) would be followed by a contract award behind that ordinance; the RFP is already out for bid. Council did not vote on the ordinance at the study session; staff requested guidance and said it would return with a formal ordinance for the council’s agenda.
Next steps: staff will present the ordinance for first reading at the next meeting, finalize RFP evaluation and contract award options, and prepare public communication/wayfinding signage if council approves the ordinance.
