It shall be the duty of every person operating a commercial towing vehicle for hire in the city to prepare and deliver to the superintendent of police every day, before noon, a legible and correct report, on a form prescribed by the superintendent, of every motor vehicle picked up or towed by such operator from any public way in the city during the preceding twenty-four hours. The report shall contain the date upon which the towing service was performed, the locations from and to which the vehicle was towed, the name and address of the owner of the towed vehicle, the name and address of the person requesting the towing service, the name and license number of the chauffeur, if the vehicle was chauffeur-driven, and the make, type, state registration number, city wheel tax license emblem number, engine number and serial or factory number of the towed vehicle. This section shall not apply to any person operating a towing vehicle exclusively for the purpose of towing vehicles owned by such person.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 4)