City of Annapolis - File #: O-23-24

• File #: O-23-24
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 8/19/2024
• In control: Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 10/28/2024
• Title: Parking and Towing Regulations - For the purpose of eliminating the requirement that towing companies be within one mile of the City; allowing City contractors to oversee towing; and generally updating parking and towing regulations in Titles 7 and 12.
• Sponsors: Brooks Schandelmeier, Rhonda Pindell Charles, Harry Huntley
• Indexes: Economic Matters Committee, Transportation Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2024	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
10/14/2024	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
10/14/2024	1	City Council	refer
10/14/2024	1	City Council	refer

Title
Parking and Towing Regulations - For the purpose of eliminating the requirement that towing companies be within one mile of the City; allowing City contractors to oversee towing; and generally updating parking and towing regulations in Titles 7 and 12.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 23-24

Introduced by: Alderman Schandelmeier
Co-sponsored by: Alds. Pindell Charles, Huntley

Referred to:
Economic Matters Committee
Transportation Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Parking and Towing Regulations

For the purpose of eliminating the requirement that towing companies be within one mile of the City; allowing City contractors to oversee towing; and generally updating parking and towing regulations in Titles 7 and 12.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
7.52.030
7.52.040
7.52.060
7.52.070
7.52.080
7.52.090
7.52.110
7.52.120
7.52.120
7.52.130
7.52.150
7.52.170
7.52.190
12.04.020
12.20.100
12.20.110
12.20.115

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Title 7 - BUSINESS LICENSES, TAXES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 7.52 - Towing Companies.
Section 7.52.030 - License-Required.
A person may not engage in towing disabled vehicles from the scene of a motor vehicle accident occurring within the City or an illegally parked or scofflaw vehicle without first having obtained a license from the City Clerk as provided in this chapter or during the suspension or revocation of a license. Nothing in this chapter, however, requires that a towing company called to the scene of an accident as the personal choice of a person involved in the accident be licensed, regardless of whether the towing company is located within or without the City, and this chapter does not apply to the towing of motor vehicles other than disabled, illegally parked and scoff...