Towing Issues: towing regulations in Philadelphia, philadelphia city, ppa

Question
Please help me find the towing regulations in Philadelphia.  At one time, I was told that the city could not tow away a car if its tags were up to date but now they are towing away legally parked cars that have up to date tags if they think it has been abandoned.  I would like to see if that is legal or not.  Is there a municipal code that lists the towing regulations of Philadelphia?

Answer
I really have no idea of the answer to this question as I can find laws for "general towing" of vehicles under Philadelphia City codes and then you have the issues where the "PPA" (yeah I watch the show also) does different things.


But as a general rule, in most locations if a vehicle is left in the same place over 72 hours then it can be considered an abandoned vehicle.


I did find this information about abandoned vehicles in Philadelphia which might help find answers for you.

http://www.ppdonline.org/rpts/rpts_abanauto.php


And if you want to do more research you can go to www.municode.com and see if there is a section for Philadelphia on there and then start researching for information.

Hope this helps