In a Facebook post Thursday, the Burlington Police Department announced it would begin tagging and towing vehicles that are parked on city streets that have not been cleared of snow or dug out from being plowed in. The announcement cited the city's abandoned vehicle ordinance, which permits towing of vehicles that have not been moved for 72 hours or more. Vehicles left snow-covered and snow-bound are eligible to be tagged, then towed if not moved within 72 hours. The department urged residents to help family members and neighbors to clear the snow and move vehicles to avoid towing.
The Burlington Police Department was only planning to tow completely abandoned vehicles that the owners had walked away from and didn't want anymore.
The whole point of the FB post is to let people who didn't want to abandon their cars that they would be towed if not moved, which means they definitely are planning to tow cars that are just temporarily abandoned because of snow. This is a level of nuance that the system apparently doesn't get.
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