(a) The towing company requested shall respond to the tow location within twenty minutes of the request, unless there are circumstances, such as adverse road conditions, that are beyond the towing company’s control that would prohibit it from doing so.
(b) Nothing in this chapter is intended to permit or encourage the towing company to violate any provision of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code or to operate a vehicle in an unsafe manner.
(c) Towing companies licensed by the city shall be available to tow vehicles twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
(d) All vehicles removed, transported or conveyed at the request of the city shall be stored at the towing company’s storage facility, or at a property owned or controlled by the city, or to a location specified by the vehicle owner or operator.
(e) Towing company owners shall comply with all local, state and federal laws and regulations and are responsible for ensuring that all of their employees adhere to them.
(f) Towing companies shall be responsible for the conduct of all drivers and employees. The driver’s licenses of persons towing for a towing company are subject to inspection by the Chief of Police. Misconduct of towing company employees may subject a towing company to the suspension or revocation of towing privileges.
(g) Towing company owners shall post their towing, storage and related service fee schedule and their hours of operation in conspicuous locations of its towing and storage facilities and its business offices and shall provide such information to the Chief of Police.
(h) Criminal Record.
(1) No towing company owner shall have any misdemeanor and/or felony criminal convictions for criminal violations that would be inconsistent with providing professional towing services, including, but not limited to, conviction(s) for the following violations of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code:
PA CC Chapter 25 Criminal Homicide
PA CC Chapter 29 Kidnapping
PA CC Chapter 31 Sexual Offenses
PA CC SEC 3502 Burglary
PA CC SEC 3921 Theft
PA CC SEC 3922 Theft by Deception
PA CC SEC 3925 Receiving Stolen Property
PA CC SEC 4101 Forgery
PA CC SEC 4104 Tampering with records or identification
PA CC SEC 4107 Deceptive business practices
PA CC SEC 4117 Insurance Fraud
(2) The provisions of the foregoing § 422.08(H)(1) are also applicable to any employee designated as a wrecker operator.
(Ord. 5279. Passed 12-11-19; Ord. 5301. Passed 11-18-20.)