Towing Issues: Car towed due to weather conditions, snow plows, apartment management

Question
my car was towed last night from my condo's lot in Maryland.
Due to snow conditions many parking spaces are filled with snow
and side streets are still filled with snow because of a snowstorm last week. So the parking spaces are very limited. I have parking permit displayed in my windshield. The tow company claims i was illegally parked. I parked in front of a space filled with snow because there was no parking spaces avaible. i was not blocking anyone car. the tow company said that the condo's association told them to start towing peoples car. the condo office is closed until monday. the towing company says i have to pay 175 plus 50 storing fee. Is this legal? Also there is damage to my front bumper. The tow company claims i had prior damage and say they took pictures. however they want me to pay to get my car out without seeing the socalled pictures. what do i do?
They only accept cash. the tow laws in the state of Maryland says they have to have to have cash and credit card. I feel i am being taken advantage of. what are my right to pursue legal matters.

Answer
Well from what you described, you sound like you were parked in the aisle at the end of the parking space, which was filled with snow.  Now if that is the case, then you were parked in the roadway.

Now if you were in that position, then any snow removal which was to be done could not get to the space full of snow.  I know its a bit of a stupid thing to tow vehicles for that reason but in most cases most snow plows and or loaders do not have a lot of control in doing close in work. They work in big movements and that is most likely why they had the vehicle removed. It was in the way.
(I have no way to know if this is what happened as I am not there, but guessing on the snow removal)

Now as to the payment of the towing fees, the vehicle was removed as ordered by the apartment management and I hate to say it but the tow company did what they are contacted to do. That is remove the vehicle.

Damage, well that is going to be a big issue as if they claim to have pictures of "prior damage" What kind of damage is involved as I have no idea. Could someone of slid or run into the vehicle before it was towed and after you parked?
Could a snow plow have hit it ?

Or is it towing damage from a tow truck. A lot of tow trucks use wheel lifts and as such are only touching or connecting to the tires.  


Cash, only well that is not to far out of the normal requests, and if the laws say credit cards are to be accepted, there might be some conditions as to what is allowed or accepted. I know that some rules in places are like, the credit card has to belong to the vehicle owner. Or that could be only on police ordered tows and such.

You always have the right to go though small claims court if you think you were wronged.