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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 1 of 2016
(Amending Section 12.96.025 regarding towing, impound, storage, and booting fees)
An ordinance amending Section 12.96.025 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to towing,
impound, storage, and booting fees.
WHEREAS, the City has imposed fees in connection with the towing, impound, storage,
and booting of vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend Section 12.96.025 to add new language from Utah
Code Sections 41-6a-1406 and 72-9-603, which went into effect on May 13, 2014.
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.96.025 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to towing,
impound, storage, and booting fees be, and the same hereby is, amended as follows:
12.96.025: TOWING, IMPOUND, STORAGE, AND BOOTING FEES; NO FEE FOR
VEHICLES HELD AS EVIDENCE:
There are imposed for the towing, impound, storage, and booting of vehicles under this chapter
fees as shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
A. Damage To Or Failure To Return Immobilization Device: The owner of a vehicle
immobilized under this chapter shall be strictly liable for (i) the cost of repair or
replacement of an immobilization device damaged or destroyed by attempts to
wrongfully remove or tamper with the device, (ii) any damage to the vehicle caused by an
attempt to drive while the immobilization device is in place, and (iii) the cost of a
replacement immobilization device that is wrongfully'removed and not returned to the
city.
B. Removal Of Items From Vehicles: Effective July 1, 2013, any person who enters an
impound lot or storage area of the city for the purpose of removing personal property
from a vehicle in the impound lot or storage area shall pay to the city a fee for each
period of up to 30 minutes that the person is within the impound lot or storage area. The
fee shall be in an amount shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. The
city shall not charge that fee to a person who is within the impound lot or storage area for
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the sole purpose of removing from a vehicle personal health care items or personal
identification issued by a governmental entity.
C. The impound yard may not charge a fee for the storage of an impounded vehicle, vessel,
or outboard motor if:
a. the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor is being held as evidence; and
b. the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor is not being released to the registered
owner, lien holder, or the owner's agent even if the registered owner, lien holder,
or the owner's agent satisfies the requirements to release the vehicle, vessel, or
outboard motor .
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this end day of February2016.
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CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on February 10, 2016
Mayor's Action: X Approved. Vetoed.
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