WARNING! This will probably make you angry. Parking Boot Extortion

I can't find an alternate number. This pic is posted on their Google review site and says posted by owner, plus his name was listed as owner on several other sites.

 

Charlotte code

• Sec. 14-63. - Towing and impoundment of vehicles authorized.
  
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  (a)
  
  Whenever a police officer or other authorized city employee or agent finds a motor vehicle that has been wrecked or disabled upon the public streets or ways of the city, or upon city property, or that may have been parked in violation of a city ordinance or state law, such individual may have the vehicle towed from the area.
  
  (b)
  
  A police officer may have a vehicle removed to a police storage area if:
  
  (1)
  
  The vehicle has been involved in a hit and run accident;
  
  (2)
  
  The vehicle was the subject of theft;
  
  (3)
  
  The vehicle was being used in the commission of a felony;
  
  (4)
  
  The vehicle has been parked in a prohibited parking area in violation of a city ordinance or state law; or
  
  (5)
  
  The driver was operating the vehicle without a driver's license or while subject to an impairing substance.
  
  (Code 1985, § 14-47)
  
  
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  Any illegally parked vehicle may be towed. Any vehicle that has been towed for a parking violation is to be held until the towing fee and penalties related to all outstanding parking tickets and penalties owed to the city are paid in full or a bond is posted in the amount of the towing fee and all outstanding parking tickets and penalties. Payment of the towing fee and all outstanding parking tickets and penalties shall not constitute a waiver of a person's right to contest the towing or the outstanding parking tickets and penalties.
  
  (Code 1985, § 14-82)
  
  
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  (a)
  
  An illegally parked vehicle for which there are three or more outstanding, unpaid, and overdue parking tickets for a period of 90 days or more may be immobilized through the use of wheel locks. Any vehicle that has been immobilized is to remain immobilized until an immobilization fee and penalties related to all outstanding parking tickets and penalties owed to the city are paid in full or a bond is posted in the amount of the immobilization fee and all outstanding parking tickets and penalties. Payment of the immobilization fee and all outstanding parking tickets and penalties shall not constitute a waiver of a person's right to contest the immobilization or the outstanding parking tickets and penalties.
  
  (b)
  
  If a wheel lock is attached to a vehicle, a notice shall be affixed to the windshield or other part of the vehicle so as to be readily visible. The notice shall warn that the vehicle has been immobilized and that any attempt to move the vehicle may result in damage thereto. The notice shall also state the total amount of civil penalties due for parking tickets which are overdue, unpaid, and attributable to such vehicle and that an immobilization fee is also being charged. The address and telephone number to be contacted to pay the charges and have the wheel lock removed shall also be listed. The city shall not be responsible for any damage to an immobilized vehicle resulting from unauthorized attempts to free or move that vehicle.
  
  (c)
  
  The director is authorized to establish and revise, from time to time, an immobilization fee in an amount that does not exceed $50.00.
  
  (Code 1985, § 14-83)
  

 

Unfortunately true, why do people allow themselves to be bullied?