Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 4 Tow Away Zones

If the board finds that the volume of traffic or other conditions at any location are such that the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter prohibiting or restricting parking by the imposition of criminal penalties is not sufficient to prevent the illegal parking of vehicles, it may direct the commissioner to post at such locations signs reading "Tow Away Zone," or otherwise informing the public that illegally parked vehicles will be removed.

(Ord. 8436 § 1 (part), 1963: Ord. 6544 Ch. 3 Art. 4 § 3401, 1954.)

The sheriff or police department of any city may remove from the highway to a garage, or other place of safety, any vehicle which has been parked at a location at which there is a sign erected pursuant to Section 15.64.510 if such vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of this chapter.

(Ord. 2010 § 1, 2010; Ord. 8436 § 1 (part), 1963: Ord. 6544 Ch. 3 Art. 4 § 3402, 1954.)

Whenever the sheriff removes a vehicle from a highway as authorized by this Part 4, and he knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the owner thereof, the sheriff immediately shall notify in writing such owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds thereof, and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, he shall deliver a copy of such notice to the proprietor of the garage.

(Ord. 8436 § 1 (part), 1963: Ord. 6544 Ch. 3 Art. 4 § 3403, 1954.)

Whenever the sheriff removing a vehicle from a highway under this Part 4 does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner of such vehicle as hereinbefore provided in this Part 4, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of 120 hours, then and in that event the sheriff immediately shall send a written report of such removal by mail to the Department of Motor Vehicles at Sacramento, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. He shall make such report on a form furnished by such Department. The report shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.

(Ord. 8436 § 1 (part), 1963: Ord. 6544 Ch. 3 Art. 4 § 3404, 1954.)