SECTION:
6-6-1: Definitions
6-6-2: Purpose
6-6-3: Required Application
6-6-4: Permit Issuance By Chief Of Police; Minimum Requirements To Be Met; Insurance Required; Other Requirements
6-6-5: State Inspection Required; Inspection Certificate Nontransferable
6-6-6: Suspension And/Or Revocation Of Permit
6-6-7: Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit Hearing
6-6-8: Wreckers To Be Summoned By Police Or Fire Department
6-6-9: Soliciting Wrecker Business At Scene Of Accident Prohibited; Presence At Scene As Evidence Of Violation
6-6-10: Communication From The Police Or Fire Department Radio Frequency May Not Be Intercepted, Etc.
6-6-11: Voluntary Wrecker Rotation List
6-6-12: Maximum Rates
6-6-13: Safety Precautions
6-6-14: Penalty
6-6-15: Establishing A Limit On The Number Of Wrecker Companies On Rotation Within The City
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ABANDONED: As defined in section 683.031 of the Texas Transportation Code, as may be amended.
AUCTION: The sale of motor vehicles not claimed by the lawful owners and reported to the Alamo police department as abandoned.
CHIEF OF POLICE: Chief of police for the Alamo police department.
DESIGNATED PERSON: Person designated by the chief of police.
INSPECTIONS: The inspection of insurance certificates and permits by officers of the Alamo police department for wreckers on rotation responding to calls for service. The designated officer or person in charge of overseeing the wrecker rotation list can also, upon request check wrecker bill invoices at the vehicle storage facility.
MOTOR VEHICLE: Every vehicle which is self-propelled.
OWNER: Any person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle, or has the legal right of possession thereof, or the legal right to such vehicle.
TWENTY FOUR HOUR WRECKER SERVICE: In order to be categorized as a twenty four (24) hour wrecker service, the permit holder must have two (2) telephone lines or a telephone capable of receiving two (2) lines listed with the city which can be answered twenty four (24) hours, seven (7) days a week. The wrecker company must be able to immediately advise the police department of the availability of a wrecker. The permit holder must have two-way communications between the wreckers and the wrecker service office.
VEHICLE: A device in, on, or by which a person or property may be transported on a public roadway. The term includes an operable or inoperable automobile, truck, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively on a stationary rail or track, including trailers and semitrailers.
VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY: A garage, parking lot, or any facility owned or operated by a person other than a governmental entity for storing or parking ten (10) or more vehicles a year, as stated in article 6687-9a, vehicle storage act, or the successor statute/code provisions.
VOLUNTARY WRECKER ROTATION LIST: The rotation list of wrecker companies prepared and used as provided in this chapter.
WRECKER: Any motor vehicle used for the purpose of towing or removing disabled or wrecked vehicles.
WRECKER BUSINESS: The business of towing or removing vehicles on the public streets, regardless of whether the purpose of the towing is to remove, repair, wreck, store, trade or purchase such vehicle, when the towing is done to remove a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the scene of a collision at the instance or request of the owner thereof, or the police department or fire department, or to remove a vehicle from an unlawfully parked position at the instance or request of the police department or fire department.
WRECKER COMPANY: Any person or entity engaged in the wrecker business. (Ord. 01-02-11, 2-15-2011)
The operation of emergency wreckers and emergency wrecker service with respect to those wreckers providing services on the city's voluntary wrecker rotation list requires regulation in order to avoid competitive speeding, unnecessary delay, and confusion by wreckers and emergency wrecker services in the city. Such regulations are necessary in order to avoid traffic hazards and to minimize the danger of injury to persons and damage to property. (Ord. 01-02-11, 2-15-2011)
Each wrecker company desiring to be placed on the voluntary wrecker rotation list with the Alamo police department, shall make application, in writing, on a form provided for that purpose, to the chief of police. Each application shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the wrecker company. The application shall also contain a list of all wreckers to be used by the company, to include type of unit, year, model, vehicle identification number and current tow truck registration. Copies of current insurance policies for all wreckers listed and the storage facility shall also be provided. A current copy of the storage facility license shall be provided with the application. Photocopies of all driver's licenses for all drivers of the company, and a statement that the applicant does or does not desire to appear on the wrecker rotation list shall accompany the application. Every application when filed shall be sworn to by the applicant. Any application with false information or incomplete documentation will not be processed. (Ord. 01-02-11, 2-15-2011)
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