Towing Issues: CAR TOWED @ APT COMPLEX- NO SIGN, NO NOTICE, cheltenham pa, fire with fire

Question
Last night I parked my car outside of my apartment in Cheltenham, PA, on a street with public parking on both sides. For the past month, there has been construction on this street. They had put up "no parking" signs further up the street, so I intentionally parked my car where there were NO SIGNS. This morning at 8:30, I went to my car to get a notebook and to check on it (they had towed it previously for no reason, but told me they had ticketed it 1 hour prior to towing it so it therefore it was my fault for not checking on my car in that one hour...), and there was no ticket, and still no "no parking" signs, so I went to class thinking my car was safe. When I came back at 11 my boyfriend had told me that it was towed. A neighbor in his bathrobe woke my boyfriend up and said, "they're towing your car right now!" but by the time my boyfriend had put his shoes on, the police had already taken it away. What do I do? Don't the police have to notify you before they tow your car? Especially when it's in front of your home?! My father tells me I should, "Fight fire with fire" but I'm a college student who knows nothing about filing suits or the law, or if what they did is even illegal.

Answer
Well, as a rule "STREET PARKING" and the towing of vehicles from them is part of the police departments operations.

That generally means that a parking ticket is issued and the vehicle is then towed.  

Now if they have signs up denoting "no parking" they do not have to be every 10 feet or so, at times they can be very big distances between the signs.
Now the last time it was towed, was it on the same block ?
Was it in the almost same space ?

Reason I ask is that even though there were no signs where you parked, they can also have had signs be damaged or fall down due to nature, vandalism, or just plain they might of forgot to put one up right there.

Now, as to is it legal or not, well a judge would decide that part of it, but generally the construction company also files with the city plans and the police department gets notified of parking restriction requests for the job site.

As to how they notify you, well the signs are the notification that is needed. They do not need to knock on each and every door to check and see who owns the vehicle and if they would move it.
But as to "fighting fire with fire" you can always try to go the small claims court route and see if you are lucky with convincing the judge there that you followed the law and as a result you were wronged by having your vehicle towed...
That is one of those 50 - 50 shots, you either win or you lose...

If you decide to do this, check with your local small claims court office and see what it costs, and that papers you would have to file.

Good luck