Every towing firm or operator applying for a license to provide service when requested by the City under Section 747.02 shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(a) Premises, including office and storage lot and other facilities shall be located within the corporate limits of the City, with twenty-four hour telephone communication.
(b) Premises shall be fenced, well lit and meet the applicable building and zoning regulations. The outside storage lot shall be sufficient to store not less than twenty vehicles; suitable covered garage spaces with storage capacity of at least two vehicles and with hydraulic rack or comparable equipment that would permit thorough undercarriage investigation of a vehicle.
(c) The towing service must be available twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year so as to be capable of responding to emergency calls and to permit release of stored vehicles and inspection of vehicles by the City at any time.
(d) Equipment shall consist of at least:
(1) Two tow trucks with a manufacturer rated chassis of one ton or more or equivalent gross vehicle weight, equipped with a winch and boom, manufacturer rated at four ton capacity, with cable having a minimum diameter of three eights inch;
(2) Name, address and telephone numbers painted on both doors of each truck with letters not less than three inches high and no placards will be accepted.
(3) All vehicles shall be equipped with at least one amber emergency flashing light, at least one work light for winching and boom operations, rear view mirror both sides, one all-purpose operable fire extinguisher and flares as required to mark an accident scene;
(4) All vehicles must be equipped with two-way mobile VHF high frequency radios.
(5) Such additional equipment as required by rules and regulations of the Director of Public Service and Safety.
(6) All vehicles shall meet all other requirements of State law or ordinances of the City.
(e) Every license shall maintain liability insurance with the following minimum limits of coverage:
(1) Bodily Injury: *
(2) Property Damage: *
(3) Cargo Coverage: *
* One Million Dollar Umbrella Policy for all three areas.
A copy of the policy of insurance shall accompany any application for a license and shall show the expiration date and contain a provision that the policy may not be canceled or not renewed without at least a ten day notice to the City. The policy shall indemnify the City, its officers, agents and employees and any and all third persons from loss or damage by reason of any negligent or unlawful act omitted or performed by the license, its agents or employees in conjunction with the towing or storage of any vehicle in response to a City initiated call. Failure to have proper insurance in effect at any time shall constitute ground for immediate and non-appealable suspension of a license.
(f) Personal appearance, use of english language and demeanor of all operators shall not be offensive to members of the public. The determination of what demeanor, english language and appearance of the operator is offensive to the public shall be determined by the Director of Public Services.
(Ord. 6399-93. Passed 3-22-93.)