(A) Application for a police rotation list permit issued hereunder shall be notarized and shall be made upon blank forms prepared and made available by the Police Department and shall contain:
(1) The name, home address, and proposed business address of each owner, investor, part owner, or partner, limited partner, or joint venturer, silent or active;
(2) The business address, business telephone number, telephone number for night calls, location and telephone number for storage area;
(3) A description of the size and capacity of all tow trucks used by the tow truck operator and shall contain a certification that at all times the equipment will be in good condition and capable of towing any automobile or truck from the streets and other public or private places in the city when called on to do so;
(4) A description of the storage area for towed vehicles at, or in the immediate vicinity of the applicant’s garage, and shall contain a certification that the applicant shall have and shall maintain storage space and facilities to protect from the elements such vehicles as would be damaged by exposure and a sufficient amount of additional storage space to store other vehicles, all within an enclosure having a wall or a solid fence of sufficient height or design to conceal the towed vehicles from view from any street or public way, and illuminated at night;
(5) The applicant shall provide a copy of the garage liability policy or certificate of garage liability insurance covering the operation of the licensee’s business equipment, or other vehicles for any bodily injury or property damage. This policy shall be in the minimum of $100,000 for any one person injured or killed and a minimum of $300,000 for more than one person killed or injured in any accident and an additional $50,000 for property damage;
(6) The applicant shall provide a copy of the garage keeper’s legal liability policy or certificate of garage keeper’s legal liability insurance for each storage premises covering fire, theft, windstorm, vandalism and explosion in the amount of $100,000 ($20,000 per claim per vehicle);
(7) A copy of the registration card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for each tow truck used by the tow truck operator, indicating that each tow truck is registered as a wrecker as defined in G.S. Chapter 20;
(8) The applicant shall certify that the applicant, any partner, and any interest holder is a separate business from any other tow service operator, has its own business and privilege license, will not cover or forward calls of another tow service operator or business and does not share, use, combine, merge or mix the following and will not do so as long as on the police rotational list:
(a) Building and office facilities and office equipment;
(b) Wreckers, dollies or other tow equipment;
(c) Tow personnel and office staff or personnel;
(d) Vehicle storage facilities or lot;
(e) Liability or owner insurance policies; and
(f) All assets, accountings, invoices, income and expenses are not a part of any other business, partnership, joint venture, or other business arrangement.
(9) The application shall be signed by each owner, part owner or partner, silent or active.
(B) Subject to the restrictions and qualifications set forth in these regulations or procedures adopted by the Chief of Police, nonconforming tow service operators that do not meet the requirements of this chapter but were on the wrecker rotation list on the effective date of these regulations may continue to participate on the wrecker rotational list for a period of 60 days from the effective date of these regulations. At the end of the 60 days, the nonconforming tow service operators shall be inspected for compliance with the requirements of these regulations and procedures. Those tow service operators who remain noncompliant shall be removed from the wrecker rotational list.
(Ord. No. 07-16, passed 2-8-2007)