City of Buffalo, NY
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2023-11-15
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 454 Tow Trucks and Motor Vehicle Booting
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Article I Intent and Definitions
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch CDL Disposition of Charter Legislation
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees, Agencies and Commissions
- Ch 12 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 Finance
- Ch 24 Libraries
- Ch 27 Notice, Publication of
- Ch 30 Office Hours and Holidays
- Ch 35 Personnel Policies
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 44 Seal
- Ch 46 Telecommunications, Office of
- Ch 48 Time, Official
- Ch 53 Vehicles, City-Owned
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 63 Aircraft
- Ch 66 Air Pollution
- Ch 69 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Ambulances and Ambulance Drivers
- Ch 75 Amusements
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 81 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 85 Bait Dippers
- Ch 88 Bakers and Confectioners
- Ch 91 Bicycle Paths
- Ch 92 Billiard and Pool Rooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 94 Boilers and Engines; Engineers
- Ch 96 Bonds and Contracts
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 101 Buildings, Cleaning of
- Ch 103 Building Construction and Demolition; Fire Prevention
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 111 Buildings, Public
- Ch 113 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 116 Burials
- Ch 119 Burning, Open
- Ch 120 Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
- Ch 122 Business Identification and Registration
- Ch 129 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 130 Sales of Cannabis and Products Containing Cannabis
- Ch 131 Certificate of Operation
- Ch 132 Tobacco/Hookah/Vaping Establishments
- Ch 133 City Property
- Ch 137 Code Enforcement
- Ch 140 Collection Agencies
- Ch 141 Collection of Arrears
- Ch 142 Collection Boxes
- Ch 143 Consumer Electronics Installation and Repair
- Ch 144 Contractors
- Ch 150 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 154 Discrimination
- Ch 158 Diseases, Infectious
- Ch 159 Dentistry
- Ch 160 Domestic Partnership Registry
- Ch 161 Drugs
- Ch 165 Electricity
- Ch 167 Elevators and Conveyances
- Ch 168 Environmental Review
- Ch 169 Excavations and Quarries
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 180 Firearms, Arrows and Other Weapons
- Ch 183 Flags
- Ch 186 Flammable Liquids
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 193 Food and Drugs
- Ch 194 Food Stores
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Fruits and Vegetables
- Ch 203 Fumigation
- Ch 209 Gambling
- Ch 213 Games of Chance
- Ch 216 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 219 Gasoline
- Ch 222 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Grain
- Ch 232 Handbills and Other Publications
- Ch 235 Hazardous Materials and Wastes
- Ch 238 Heating
- Ch 242 Housing Standards
- Ch 249 Inspections
- Ch 254 Junk Dealers and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 259 Laundries and Clothes Cleaners
- Ch 261 Lead-Based Paint Abatement
- Ch 263 Licenses
- Ch 264 Rental Dwelling Unit Registration
- Ch 265 Property Managers
- Ch 266 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Ch 269 Lodging Houses
- Ch 270 Eviction for Illegal Drug Use and Possession
- Ch 275 Markets
- Ch 277 Mortgage in Default Property Registry
- Ch 278 Motion Pictures
- Ch 281 Multiple Housing
- Ch 286 Naming of Streets, Parks and Public Buildings
- Ch 288 Natural Gas Extraction
- Ch 289 Newsstands
- Ch 293 Noise
- Ch 294 Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 295 Nuisance Party
- Ch 299 Obscenity
- Ch 302 Oil and Gas Wells
- Ch 307 Parking and Parking Lots
- Ch 309 Parks and Other Open Spaces
- Ch 313 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 316 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 317 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 319 Performers, Outdoor
- Ch 322 (Reserved)
- Ch 326 Plumbing
- Ch 330 Poles and Wires
- Ch 333 Police Shields, Use of
- Ch 337 Preservation Standards
- Ch 341 Property Maintenance
- Ch 343 Promoting General Welfare of Minors in Public Places
- Ch 345 Public Safety, Obstruction of
- Ch 352 Railroads
- Ch 356 Rat Control
- Ch 361 Records
- Ch 365 Refrigerators
- Ch 370 Restaurants
- Ch 372 Bouncers
- Ch 378 Sanitation
- Ch 383 Shortwave Broadcasts
- Ch 387 (Reserved)
- Ch 391 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 395 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 399 Smoking
- Ch 404 (Reserved)
- Ch 409 Statues and Monuments; Public Art
- Ch 413 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 414 Special Events
- Ch 417 Strikebreakers
- Ch 421 (Reserved)
- Ch 425 (Reserved)
- Ch 430 Swimming Pools
- Ch 431 Tax Preparers, Regulation of
- Ch 437 Taxicabs, Liveries and Sightseeing Buses
- Ch 440 Telecommunications
- Ch 441 Telephone Facilities
- Ch 442 Wireless Facilities in Public Right-Of-Way
- Ch 444 (Reserved)
- Ch 449 Tires
- Ch 452 Alcohol Advertising
- Ch 454 Tow Trucks and Motor Vehicle Booting
- Ch 454 Art I Intent and Definitions
- § 454-1 Intent and definitions.
- Ch 459 Trailers
- Ch 463 Transient Businesses; Trade Shows and Festivals
- Ch 467 Trees, Shrubs and Plants
- Ch 475 (Reserved)
- Ch 479 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 483 Vending Machines
- Ch 491 Water and Water Pollution
- Ch 495 Wharves, Harbors and Bridges
- Ch 496 Unified Development Ordinance
- Ch 501 Wood and Coal
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
It is the intent of the City of Buffalo, through the enactment of
this chapter, to regulate instances of towing and booting in the City
of Buffalo in order to promote safety and responsibility within the
streets and highways of the City of Buffalo. The public interest is
served by the licensing of towing and booting companies and vehicles
in order to properly identify such operators and to protect the citizens
of the City from abuse and mistreatment.
B.
BOOT OWNER
BOOTING
CITY
DEPARTMENT OF PERMIT AND INSPECTION SERVICES
DIVISION OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OPERATOR
PERSON
POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY
TOW TRUCK OWNER
TOWING (COMMERCIAL)
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes anyone owning or operating or causing to be operated
a motor vehicle boot for compensation within the City of Buffalo.
To attach, clamp, or affix a device, including, but not limited
to, a booting device, onto a motor vehicle, thereby immobilizing or
disabling the vehicle.
The City of Buffalo.
The Commissioner of the Department of Permit and Inspection
Services of the City of Buffalo or any other member of the Department
designated by the Commissioner of the Department of Permit and Inspection
Services to perform duties under this chapter.
The Director of the Division of Parking Enforcement of the
City of Buffalo or any other member of Division designated by the
Director of the Division of Parking Enforcement to perform duties
under this chapter.
Includes any individual, firm, association, joint venture,
partnership, group, corporation, any other legal entity or combination
of entities that provide the service of moving a motor vehicle by
another vehicle for hire or the storage of vehicles after towing,
or the service of booting and shall include, without limitation, owners
of towing trucks and owners of motor vehicle boots and their agents
and employees.
Includes any individual, partnership, firm, corporation,
association, company or organization of any kind.
The Commissioner of Police of the City of Buffalo or any
other member of the Police Department designated by the Commissioner
of Police of the City of Buffalo to perform duties under this chapter.
Real property owned by any individual, firm, association,
joint venture, partnership, group, corporation or any legal entity
or combination of entities whatsoever, and shall include, without
limitation, shopping centers, parking lots, vacant lots, apartment
houses and land used for commercial purposes.
Includes anyone owning and operating or causing to be operated
a tow truck for compensation within the City of Buffalo.
The moving or removing of disabled, illegally parked or abandoned
motor vehicles or motor vehicles involved in accidents, for which
there is direct or indirect compensation.
