Car Towed from Visitor Spot with No Sign Posted
I was towed from a private school parking lot in California.
It is a small special education school that I live across from. They have a about 10 spots labeled VAN and 2 spots at the end labeled VISITOR. I parked in the one labeled visitor over night and was towed away the next day at noon. There isn't a sign posted above either of the visitor spots but they did just recently (1-2 days) put a sign in their driveway to the school about 50 meters farther up the road from the visitor parking spot saying this is private property and that is a tow away zone.
I found that my car had been towed an hour earlier and had to pay the towing company $322 for them having my car for 3 hours.
I attached a google satellite photo to show where I parked and where the sign was posted.
http://i39.tinypic.com/awyno2.jpg
I talked to a employee and she said they just put out an email about them starting to tow people from the visitor spots. Since a no tow sign was not posted anywhere close and I have parked here before with no notice or warning do I have any recourse for reimbursement of the towing fees?
Thank you for any insight,
-B
Re: Car Towed from Visitor Spot with No Sign Posted
So you're stating that there is a sign at the entrance to the parking lot warning that unauthorized vehicles will be towed, and that your unauthorized vehicle was towed after the sign was posted - but because it was a new sign you don't think it should count?
Clearly you weren't visiting the school in the middle of the night.
Exactly what does the new sign say?
Re: Car Towed from Visitor Spot with No Sign Posted
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So you're stating that there is a sign at the entrance to the parking lot warning that unauthorized vehicles will be towed, and that your unauthorized vehicle was towed after the sign was posted - but because it was a new sign you don't think it should count?
Clearly you weren't visiting the school in the middle of the night.
Exactly what does the new sign say?
Maybe I explained it poorly.
I attached the picture to help illustrate my explanation.
The spot I parked in was 50+ meters from the sign and you never pass the sign to park in the visitor spot because the spot is directly off the street and the sign posted is if you go in their turnaround. The sign is newly posted and says "TOW AWAY" Stein guest parking only, unauthorized vehicles will be towed at owners expense"
Thanks for the help.