{"id":22626,"date":"2023-08-23T05:59:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=22626"},"modified":"2023-08-23T06:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:03:35","slug":"brick-approves-increase-in-vehicle-towing-impound-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/08\/brick-approves-increase-in-vehicle-towing-impound-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Approves Increase in Vehicle Towing, Impound Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22629\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22629\" class=\"wp-image-22629 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Don Hankins\/ Flickr Creative Commons)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-1536x921.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-2048x1228.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/484559232_6c1df86387_o-1000x600.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Don Hankins\/ Flickr Creative Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brick Township formally adopted an increase to the rates its police towing contractors can charge for transporting vehicles and storing them in their lots.<\/p>\n<p>Citing inflation, the council unanimously approved a 20 percent increase in rates after introducing the measure at a meeting earlier this month. The rates were last raised in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Brick Township utilizes a network of private towing businesses located in different parts of the township to tow vehicles for a variety of reasons, ranging from common traffic accidents, to DWI cases, to major criminal investigations. The vehicle is then stored at the private facility&#8217;s garage or lot, with security features, until it is retrieved either by an insurance company or its owner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the ordinance passed Tuesday night:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cost to tow motorcycles and motor scooters will be $150.<\/li>\n<li>The cost to tow Class I vehicles (under 8,600 pounds) will rise from $125 to $150.<\/li>\n<li>The cost to tow Class II vehicles (8,601 to 15,000 pounds) will rise from $185 to $200.<\/li>\n<li>The cost to tow Class III vehicles (above 15,000 pounds) will rise from $350 to $400.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recovering a vehicle from the beach or a body of water will cost $450 per half-hour once a tower arrives on scene. Mileage prices will be $5, $10 or $12 depending on a Class I, Class II or Class III vehicle, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage fees will also increase:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Class I Vehicles:<\/strong> $40\/day for outdoor storage, $50 per day for indoor storage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Class II Vehicles:<\/strong> $50\/day for outdoor storage, $60 per day for indoor storage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Class III Vehicles:<\/strong> $80 per day (flat fee).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new ordinance includes a &#8220;yard fee&#8221; of $50 for vehicle owners to retrieve possessions from their vehicles after three opportunities, a $50 fee for an after-hours release of a vehicle and $25 if spill absorbent must be used. The holiday rates are time-and-a-half.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full ordinance, which details additional special fees for various services, is embedded below:<\/strong><\/p>\n[scribd id=666748167<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/08\/brick-approves-increase-in-vehicle-towing-impound-rates\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Township formally adopted an increase to the rates its police towing contractors can charge for transporting vehicles and storing them in their lots. Citing inflation, the council unanimously approved a 20 percent increase in rates after introducing the measure at a meeting earlier this month. The rates were last raised in 2016. 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