Towing Issues: When a business can tow you, lot one, parking permits

Question
Hi-
I was towed from a parking spot of a student housing building that did not clearly mark their spots as theirs. They share a parking lot with another business (a bar that recently changed ownership), and the spots are still marked with the name of the previous bar, although apparently those spots transferred to the housing building when ownership of the bar changed. The housing director says that the parking spots for the new bar are clearly marked with the bar's name(true) but that they (the housing building) don't have to mark their spots. There is no towing info posted, and the only sign that the parking spot is theirs is a small sign spray-painted on the blacktop about 30 yards from the spot I was towed from.

Did they have the right to have me towed? Don't they have to clearly mark their spots and post towing info? If they don't have the right, where can I find written confirmation of that to show them?

This is in Texas, by the way.

Thanks so much,
Amanda

Answer
Regardless of law, if this is a shared parking lot, one or the other must clearly mark or identity which parking space is allowed. If the parking situation seems vague with proper parking procedures it can surely be argued in court. Take a lot pictures from different angles to prove your point. Since this is also a towing enforced parking lot, parking permits should be displayed and or tow signs should be displayed at the entrances or on a building. Here is a link for the Texas laws, just scroll through to the towing and storage information as it is in black and white for you, good luck!

http://www.license.state.tx.us/towing/towinglaw.htm#202