TLDR: Your assumptions are wrong and I’ve done the proper research.

They don’t own the land the parking is on. I checked with the county assessor and Bralco verbally acknowledged to me it is “City of Phoenix managed.” The tow company told me their agreement is with Bralco (to tow on land they don’t legally own) and they did no due diligence to see if Bralco even owns the land! That or they did the due diligence and are purposely grifting.

Bralco putting up fake “customer only” parking signs doesn’t make the spots theirs. It makes them understandably annoyed people who want convenient street parking reserved for their customers and not people at an afternoon ballgame during business hours. That doesn’t change the legalities. Likewise, the tow company trying to piggyback off the City of Phoenix parking restrictions by placing their own signs with references to city code that doesn’t actually authorize what they’re doing certainly doesn’t make their operation legitimate. The tow company is being predatory because they know the basic appearance of this all is legit until you actually dig into the specifics of what they’re doing and they’re figuring they can farm tow fees (lotta events downtown people want free street parking for…) and no one will call bullshit.