(a) A person commits an offense if he, in any manner, directly or indirectly solicits on the streets of the city the business of towing a vehicle in need of emergency wrecker service from a police scene, regardless of whether the solicitation is for the purpose of soliciting the business of towing, removing, repairing, wrecking, storing, trading, or purchasing the vehicle.
(b) Proof of the presence of a person engaged in the wrecker business or the presence of a wrecker or vehicle owned or operated by a person engaged in the wrecker business, either as owner, operator, employee, or agent, on a street in the city at or near a police scene within one hour after the happening of an incident that resulted in the need for emergency wrecker service is prima facie evidence of a solicitation in violation of this section, unless the particular wrecker company has been dispatched to the police scene by the chief of police. (Ord. Nos. 13977; 14685; 24661; 32265)