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(2) impound fees if noted; <br />(3) reasonable storage fees (not to exceed amount indicated on <br />required tow warning sign(s); and <br />(4) notification charges copy of registration and notifications. <br />(c) The Department will be given a weekly list of all reported vehicles that have <br />been released noting the description of the vehicles and the release date of the <br />vehicles. <br />Sec. 35-18. Citizen Right to Hearing. <br />As provided for in Section 685.003 of the Texas Transportation Code. If a <br />motor vehicle has been removed from a parking facility and placed in a vehicle <br />storage facility without the consent of the owner or operator, or a non-consent <br />police tow the owner or operator is entitled to a hearing to determine whether or <br />not probable cause existed for the removal and placement of the vehicle. <br />Sec. 35-19. Unclaimed Vehicles. <br />All unclaimed vehicles shall be disposed of consistent with the Texas <br />Transportation Code Chapter 683 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles. Motor vehicles <br />that have not been reclaimed shall be sold at a public auction, a COA issued <br />(certificate of authority to demolish), or storage liens filed. <br />ARTICLE VI. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES. <br />Sec. 35-20. Offenses. <br />(a) A person commits an offense if, within the City, he, his agent or employee: <br />(1) engages in vehicle tow service for compensation without a valid <br />tow service certificate of registration issued by the Department; or <br />(2) intentionally or knowingly causes a vehicle to be removed from <br />private property, without the consent of the vehicle owner or <br />operator, by a vehicle tow service not licensed by TDLR; or <br />(3) intentionally or knowingly employs or contracts with a vehicle tow <br />service not licensed by TDLR for the purpose of having a vehicle <br />removed from private property without the consent of the vehicle <br />owner or operator; or <br />(4) allows a tow truck or agent to be within 1,000 feet of the scene of a <br />motor vehicle accident unless properly dispatched. No employee or <br />agent of the Wrecker Service shall distribute business cards or <br />other literature to, or communicate with any vehicle operator <br />within 1,000 feet of the scene unless properly dispatched and in <br /> <br />