Town/Village of Harrison, NY
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2023-11-29
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Part IV: General Legislation
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Chapter 227 Vehicle Towing
- Village Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Term Limits
- Ch 5 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 8 Fire Protection
- Ch 10 Meetings
- Ch 12 Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 13 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 16 Disciplinary Proceedings
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 35 Taxation
- Ch 38 Vehicles and Traffic
- Town Code
- Part III: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 43 General Provisions
- Ch 44 Salaries
- Ch 45 Interference With Public Officials
- Ch 47 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 51 Claims
- Ch 53 Comptroller
- Ch 54 Residency Requirements
- Ch 55 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 63 Term Limits
- Ch 65 Meetings
- Ch 66 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 69 Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 71 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Helicopters and Other Aircraft
- Part IV: General Legislation
- Ch 82 Alarms
- Ch 85 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 88 Amusements
- Ch 91 Animals
- Ch 95 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 99 Bingo
- Ch 103 Building Construction
- Ch 105 Building Enforcement
- Ch 106 Building Permit Fees; Outdoor Assemblies
- Ch 108 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 112 Burning
- Ch 115 Cabarets
- Ch 122 Electrical Standards
- Ch 126 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 129 New York City Watershed
- Ch 130 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 131 Illict Discharge
- Ch 133 Excavations and Soil Removal
- Ch 135 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 137 Fees
- Ch 139 Filling and Grading
- Ch 140 Firearms
- Ch 141 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 143 Fire Prevention
- Ch 144 Retail Single-Use Paper Carryout Bags
- Ch 145 Fireworks
- Ch 146 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 149 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 152 Games of Chance
- Ch 155 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 157 Graffiti
- Ch 159 Handbills and Advertising Materials
- Ch 165 Junkyards
- Ch 171 Licensing and Permit Investigation
- Ch 173 Loitering
- Ch 177 Noise
- Ch 178 NYS Cannabis Opt-Out
- Ch 183 Peddling, Soliciting and Do Not Knock Registry
- Ch 186 Poles and Wires
- Ch 188 Property Maintenance
- Ch 191 Public Decency
- Ch 193 Residential Parking System
- Ch 195 Screening Facilities
- Ch 198 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 199 Steep Slope Protection
- Ch 201 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 204 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 205 Sustainable Energy Loan Program (Open C-Pace)
- Ch 206 Solar Energy
- Ch 207 Taxation
- Ch 208 Temporary Storage Containers and Construction Debris Containers
- Ch 210 Taxicabs
- Ch 220 Trees
- Ch 222 Vehicles, Dimensions and Weights of
- Ch 223 Vehicles, Immobilization of
- Ch 226 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 227 Vehicle Towing
- § 227-1 Applicability.
- § 227-2 Definitions.
- § 227-3 Towing generally.
- § 227-4 Fees and Charges.
- § 227-5 Unauthorized Vehicle Retrieval.
- § 227-6 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 228 Wastewater System
- Ch 229 Water
- Ch 230 Water Pollution
- Ch 232 Window Guards
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A238 Zoning Board of Appeals, Rules of
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Harrison 8-6-2009 by L.L. No.
2-2009. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall apply to the Towing of all vehicles operated,
standing or parked on any public Street, public Highway or private
road open to public travel, including any portion of the entire width
between the boundary lines of such roads, streets and highways, paved
or unpaved, or on any property leased by or in the possession and
control of the Town of Harrison.
shall mean the moving for hire of a vehicle subject to towing,
as herein defined.
shall mean a vehicle equipped with a crane, flatbed, or other
device to raise the front or rear end of a vehicle, or any other vehicle
which is towing another vehicle.
any entity engaged in Towing.
shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person
or property is or may be transported on a street or highway other
than devices actually moved by human power or devices used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
Subject to any regulations promulgated hereunder the Owner of
a Vehicle and/or any person authorized to have possession of a Vehicle
may request that a Vehicle be towed.
All fees and charges for Towing shall be provided, in writing
and in advance, to the Vehicle operator or owner by the Tow Company
performing services prior to the Tow Company performing any services.
No Tow Company may charge storage fees for any 24 hour period in which
the Tow Company did not make the vehicle available for pick-up.
Any person who, after having had his or her Vehicle towed, removes
such Vehicle from the Tow Company facility without paying for Towing
Services shall be guilty of Unauthorized Vehicle Retrieval, and upon
conviction shall pay a fine of up to $250.
Any person or entity convicted of violating this Chapter, other
than Unauthorized Vehicle Retrieval, shall be fined upon conviction,
a minimum of $250 to a maximum $500 for a 1st offense; a minimum of
$350 to a maximum of $500 for a 2nd offense; and a minimum of $500
to maximum of $1,000 for a 3rd offense.
