Understanding the New Hillsborough County Towing Ordinance

On August 6, the Hillsborough County Commission adopted an ordinance updating the County’s trespass towing regulations.  A copy of the ordinance is available here.  

This ordinance reflects the new State statute on trespass towing, which was intended to address predatory towing.  The County added two additional changes - and require authorization by the property for each car towed and a mandatory 15-minute wait period for towing operators before they can request such authorization.  We believe these additional will impact operational costs for property owners who contract with towing operators to enforce their parking rules, increase the presence of towing operators on property, and potentially increase legal liability for properties.  

Please join our FREE webinar "Understanding the New Hillsborough County Towing Ordinance" on Thursday, September 4, at 2PM to learn more about these new requirements.  Featured speakers will include Joe Gross, Director of Code Enforcement for Hillsborough County and Darrell Brown, Manager of Regulator Compliance for Hillsborough County.

Please e-mail any questions you have for our speakers ahead of time to Government Affairs Director Eric Garduno, GAD@baaahq.org, so that he can ask them during the webinar.