(a) The chief of police shall partition the city into zones for emergency wrecker service and shall place the names of all emergency wrecker companies licensed under this article on a wrecker list. Notice of the boundary limits of each zone will be provided to each licensee on the list. Each licensee may apply for and be assigned to only one zone.
(b) When an emergency wrecker is needed at a police scene, the police officer or other authorized city official at the scene will communicate that need immediately to the police department. On receiving the first request for emergency wrecker service, the dispatcher will dispatch the first available emergency wrecker company on the list assigned to the zone in which the police scene is located and order removal of the wrecked, disabled, or illegally parked vehicle to a place designated by the chief of police. On each succeeding request for emergency wrecker service, the dispatcher will dispatch the next available emergency wrecker company on the list that is assigned to the zone involved, or dispatch the nearest available emergency wrecker in an adjacent zone if none are available in the zone involved. Proper notation of each dispatch for emergency wrecker service must be made on the master list.
(c) The chief of police may direct that an emergency wrecker be dispatched out of its zone when determined to be in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare. (Ord. Nos. 13977; 14685; 15612; 16850; 24661; 27487; 32265)