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/R~H3 4.9H1 Unlawful Business Practices. (1} A parking facility owner engages in an unlawful business practice when the owner does any of the following: ~a~ Authorizes the removal of a vehicle without first ivin g 9 notice of the intended removal to the Eugene Police Department. fib} Receives direct or indirect compensation f rom a arson P engaged in the towing business based on a per vehicle towed from the parking facility without the vehicle operator's consent or an a percentage of the fees collected upon redemption or sale of the vehicle towed without the operator's consent, ~c} Upon reasonable demand of the operator of a vehicle towed from a parking facility, fails to disclose: ~. The specific written or verbal authorization to a towing business which allowed the vehicle to be removed from the parking facility, the time the authorization was given, and to whom it was given; aid ~. The name, address and telephone number of the place where the vehicle is stored. ~2~ Any person engaged in the towing business or the vehicle storage business engages in an unlawful business practice when the person does any of the fallowing: ~a~ Directly or indirectly compensates a parking facility owner, for the authority to tow vehicles from the parking foci 1 i ty without the vehicle operator's consent based on a per vehicle towed or on a percentage of the fees collected upon redemption or sale of the vehicle. ~b~ Charges for services not actually rendered. ~c~ Charges fees for services rendered other than those dis- played in compliance with section ~4.98~ of this code. ~d~ Before connection, and after a vehicle operator has re - quested the release of a vehicle far its immediate removal, charges or attempts to charge a vehicle operator for services rendered. This provision does not apply to services performed at the request of a vehicle operator or police officer. fie} Continues to connect a motor vehicle after its operator communicates a willingness to immediately remove the vehicle from the parking facility. ~f~ Tows a vehicle from a parking facility when the vehicle operator is present and has communicated a willingness to pay just and reasonable fees for the immediate release of the vehicle at the location. fig} Removes vehicles from a parking facility in less than fifteen minutes after the vehicle operator has advised the tow vehicle operator that ~s~he is going to secure cash to pay the charges to redeem the vehicle. The taw vehicle operator may re- move a vehicle from a parki ng foci 1 i ty i n 1 ass than fifteen minute's if remaining in the parking facility will impede others in the authorized use of the parking facility and ~. The vehicle operator agrees to an alternate waiting location, or 2. The tow vehicle operator has told the vehicle opera- tor where ~s~he will wait reasonably proximate and convenient to the parking facility. ordinance - Z