SOLICITING TOWING BUSINESS ON CITY STREETS RESTRICTED.
Austin City Code § 13-6-73
in effect§ 13-6-73 - SOLICITING TOWING BUSINESS ON CITY STREETS RESTRICTED.
(A) Except as provided by Subsection (B), a towing company may not solicit business from a City street to provide towing service to a vehicle disabled in an accident on a City street. This prohibition applies to a solicitation to tow, remove, repair, wreck, store, trade, sell, or purchase the vehicle.
(B) A towing company participating in the traffic incident management program that is operating within an assigned zone may solicit towing business from the owner or operator of a disabled vehicle that is removed during the time authorized for that zone, unless the owner or operator has made a designation under Section 13-6-101 (Driver Designated Towing Company).
Source: 1992 Code Section 8-14-210; Ord. 031106-13; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 20060608-019.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13TRSE_CH13-6VETOSE_ART4TOSERE_S13-6-73SOTOBUSTREFetched: 10/27/2026
