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Bowling Green amends private-lot towing rules after lengthy public comment, sets fee caps and new signage requirements
Summary
After hours of public comment from students, residents and property owners, Bowling Green commissioners voted on first reading to amend the city's towing and immobilization ordinance, capping private-lot towing and booting fees, tightening signage standards and removing an after-hours gate fee amid pending litigation.
Bowling Green commissioners on Feb. 17 moved on first reading to amend the city's towing and immobilization ordinance after an extended public comment period in which students, residents and business owners described rapid booting and tows, unclear signage and intimidating encounters with enforcement staff.
City Attorney Hillary Hightower, speaking after a closed-session review of pending litigation, told the commission the recommended amendment would remove the after-hours gate fee, set the private-property drop/tow fee at $75, set the boot removal fee at $50, cap credit-card surcharges at $5, require 18-by-24-inch signs visible at night and add a prominent 3-inch bold statement that the lot is a "tow or boot zone." Hightower also said booted vehicles could not be towed unless they met the definition of an abandoned vehicle.
The measure was moved…
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