OR 300 Towage $33.50 for impounded vehicle AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 300
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE 9-
1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL WHICH PROVIDES FOR
THE POLICE VEHICLE AND PROPERTY POUND TO PROVIDE NEW TOWAGE AND
STORAGE FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR VEHICLES HANDLED BY THE POUND;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABLIITY CLAUSE AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDING CX)DE SECTION 4-3-4
The City of Coppell Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by amending code
Section 4-3-4 to read as follows:
"Section 4-3-4 TOWING AND STORAGE CHARGES
There shall be a towage charge in the sum of $33.50 accruing
against every motor vehicle impounded by the police
department which is towed to the Police Pound. In addition
to the towage charge, there shall be a storage charge of
$6.00 per day, or any part thereof, accruing against any motor
vehicle stored at the vehicle pound. The Pound Master, with
the consent of the Chief of Police, shall have authority to
waive such charges."
SECTION 2. AMENDING CODE SECTION 4-3-6
The City of Coppell Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by amending code
Section 4-3-6 to read as follows:
"Section 4-3-6 IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED AND DISABLED VEHICLES
AND IMPOUNDMENT FOR EVIDENCE, INSPECTION OR
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Police Department may impound abandoned Motor
Vehicles, as that term is herein defined, and may impound
for the purpose of inspection, evidence and public safety, any
motor vehicle demolished or disabled or involved in a wreck
or collision on the streets of the City which is unable to
proceed safely under its own power or when the occupants,
owners or injured persons last in charge thereof are physically
unable to drive the motor vehicle and it shall be towed by
the police to the City Vehicle Pound where it shall be kept
until the released or otherwise disposed of in accordance with
this or any other ordinance of the City or state law. The
police department may also direct the Pound Master to tow
such wrecked vehicle to any place within the City designated
by the owner or occupant in charge of such motor vehicle,
for which service the Pound Master shall demand and be paid,
before releasing the car, the sum of $33.50 for such towage
and any storage charges which may have accrued at the rate
of $6.00 per day, for which a receipt shall be given and such
money shall be deposited by the Pound Master with the City
Clerk on or before the next regular working day.
In the event the place designated is outside the City limits,
the vehicle may be towed to such location by the Pound
Master, who will collect the basic charge of $33.50, plus
$1o00 per mile traveled outside the corporate limits of the
City."
SECTION 3. REPEALBIG CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so
decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect ~mrnediate]y upon its passage as provided
by law.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this th /,
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day of (Z,cc~ , 1984,
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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