San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 2 Tow Away Zones

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 82-084, 11/1/82; Ordinance No. 2001-011, 4/16/01 (Section 6-2-215))

Any duly authorized and acting police officer of the City of San Leandro is hereby authorized to remove or cause removal of a vehicle from any street within the City of San Leandro when such vehicle is left standing within any area hereinafter designated during the hours in which parking is prohibited at such location. The vehicle shall be removed to a garage or other place of safety designated or maintained by the City of San Leandro.

The owner or person having the right to possession of any vehicle removed pursuant to this Chapter shall pay all such removal, towing and storage charges before he or she shall be entitled to regain possession of such vehicle.

Whenever a vehicle is removed under this Chapter, the officer authorizing such removal shall ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the Department of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the registered and legal owner thereof. If the vehicle is not claimed within 24 hours following removal, the Police Department of the City of San Leandro shall give or cause to be given written notice to the registered and legal owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds therefor and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed.

The City Manager, or his/her designee, shall designate the streets, or portions of streets, to which this Article applies. Signs shall be posted giving notice that such streets, or portions thereof, are tow-away zones.