Eagle Mountain, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)
Key Facts
- Towing basis
- Any parking violation under Ch. 10.10
- Cost
- Towed at the vehicle owner's expense
- Additional penalty
- Stacks with consolidated fee schedule fines
- Tow operator exemption
- Exempt once police-authorized for a call
Summary
Eagle Mountain authorizes towing to impound any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of its parking article, at the owner's expense, on top of fines under the consolidated fee schedule; a responding tow operator is exempt from parking rules once law enforcement has authorized the tow.
In addition to the fines adopted in the consolidated fee schedule and all other penalties authorized by law, and at the expense of the owner, any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of this article may be towed to impound.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O-34-2026, passed August 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
110, Towing authorized, states that in addition to the fines adopted in the consolidated fee schedule and all other penalties authorized by law, and at the expense of the owner, any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of this article may be towed to impound. 10, Article III (commercial, recreational and agricultural vehicle parking), Article I (general no-parking zones and obstruction of traffic), and Article II (winter parking restrictions), giving the city a single removal mechanism across all of its street parking rules. 010(C) protects a tow truck motor carrier responding to a customer service call from the section's own no-parking and no-standing restrictions, so long as the tow operator has already received authorization from the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the vehicle being towed.
120, which authorizes city enforcement officers to take action, including towing, consistent with the fines and procedures set out in the consolidated fee schedule. The provision does not separately license or regulate towing companies as businesses; it addresses only the city's authority to have an illegally parked vehicle removed and the towing exemption for operators already dispatched by police.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle or trailer parked in violation of Chapter 10.10 may be towed to impound at the owner's expense in addition to fines under the consolidated fee schedule, per EMMC 10.10.110 and 10.10.120.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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