30-389 is the statute you were cited as violating which resulted in the parking ticket. You must have been towed pursuant to some other section. For now we can address the parking citation.
"It is unlawful for any person to wilfully abandon a motor vehicle upon the public streets and highways"
The agency claims that you abandoned your vehicle. You seem to disagree and I do as well. The Dade County code does not have a definition for "abandon" so it is appropriate to resort to the definition provided by the state.
The state has stringent rules for declaring property abandoned, some of which were not followed. You can also use this as an additional defense if you'd like.
"It is unlawful for any person to wilfully abandon a motor vehicle upon the public streets and highways"
The agency claims that you abandoned your vehicle. You seem to disagree and I do as well. The Dade County code does not have a definition for "abandon" so it is appropriate to resort to the definition provided by the state.
Clearly the vehicle was not abandoned according to this definition. You can likely use this defense to contest the parking ticketFS 705.101 (3) “Abandoned property” means all tangible personal property that does not have an identifiable owner and that has been disposed on public property in a wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled condition or has no apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner. The term includes derelict vessels as defined in s. 823.11.
The state has stringent rules for declaring property abandoned, some of which were not followed. You can also use this as an additional defense if you'd like.
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