Monday, December 21, 2015
YOUNGSTOWN — Those unlucky enough to have their vehicles towed while in Mill Creek MetroParks properties soon will be able to at least take comfort in not having to travel far to retrieve their cars.
“We tow 75 to 80 vehicles a year on average,” said Jim Willock, the park district’s police chief said during park commissioners’ board meeting Monday in the D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center, 123 McKinley Ave., on the West Side. “Forty percent are never claimed.”
Beginning in January, vehicles that are towed from park property will be taken to an impound lot behind the Mill Creek MetroParks Police Department, 810 Glenwood Ave., on the South Side, Willock explained. Owners will be charged a $25-per-day fee for storage and release, he noted.
Money generated from the fees will go to the park’s general fund, much of which will be used for infrastructure and other essential needs, the chief continued.
The impound area has been completed and should be operational by early next month, Willock said.
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