Sec. 804.1306. - Establishment of rates.

(a) The maximum rates for towing a vehicle or for the storage of a towed vehicle when the point of origin of the tow is within the City limits of the City shall be as set forth in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees : (1) Class A vehicles: Towing of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of up to and including 10,000 pounds Plus a rate per mile. Maximum daily storage rate (after six hours) (2) Class B vehicles: Towing of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds and up to and including 19,500 pounds Plus a rate per mile. Maximum daily storage rate (after six hours) (3) Class C vehicles: Towing of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 19,500 pounds (which are upright and in a towable condition), per hour, no mileage charges Maximum daily storage rate (after six hours) Semi-tractor Semi-trailer (b) Non-business hours (8:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m., seven days per week) access fee per visit. However, access for the recovery of prescription medication or prescription glasses, child car seats, oxygen tanks and any type of medical equipment or life necessity items, or to pay for and retrieve the vehicle, shall be at no charge. (c) The maximum rates established in paragraph (1) above shall be a flat fee which shall be all inclusive and, by way of illustration, no additional charges shall be made for: (1) Any fees for special equipment or services such as double hook up, vehicle entry when locked, dropping transmission linkage, axle or drive shaft removal, dollies, trailer or flat bed, lifts, slim jims, go jacks, removing bumpers, airing up brakes, and mileage; (2) Time spent at the scene of the tow; or (3) Storage for the first six hours. No other fees of whatever kind may be charged for services rendered during the first 48 hours that the vehicle is in the possession of the towing service, beginning from the time the vehicle is delivered to the storage facility. Storage fees as set forth above may be assessed after the initial six-hour period based on a 24-hour day, each day starting at the time of impound. An administrative fee not to exceed for actual documented costs may be charged after the first 48 hours so long as the towing service has actually complied with the requirements of F.S. § 713.78 for actual documented costs, including execution and mailing of the lien notice, but shall not exceed the rate found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees . (d) Crash Wrap Fee. A towing firm may charge a crash wrap fee in the amount of a rate for vehicles which without the wrap cannot be sealed from water. (e) Internet Research Fee. A towing firm may charge actual cost, up to a rate, for internet research per vehicle, but only when such research is necessary. This amount is in addition to the administrative fee. (Ord. 2004-1374-E, § 2; Ord. 2008-166-E, § 2; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 42; Ord. 2025-64-E , § 2)