(1) Any storage yard receiving and privately impounding vehicles from private property located in Fayette County must also be located within the county.
(2) At the storage yard of each private impound tow truck service, there shall be a sign prominently displayed specifying tow and storage rates.
(3) A towing company or storage facility shall be open for business or accessible by telephone during posted business hours. A towing company or storage facility shall provide a telephone number available on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to receive calls and messages from callers, including calls made outside posted business hours. All calls made to a towing company or storage facility shall be returned within twenty-four (24) hours from the time received. However, if adverse weather, an emergency situation, or another act over which the towing company or storage facility has no control prevents the towing company or storage facility from returning calls within twenty-four (24) hours, the towing company or storage facility shall return all calls received as quickly as possible.
(4) Each private impound tow truck service storage yard shall provide reasonable security and protection for all vehicles towed, including illumination of the storage area during hours of darkness, an eight-foot chain link fence with a three-strand barbed wire cap enclosing the storage yard if an attendant or security guard is not on duty twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(5) During the hours of darkness, the operator shall provide an area sufficiently illuminated to enable an owner to inspect a vehicle prior to removing it from the storage yard.
(6) It shall be unlawful to operate any private impound tow truck service storage yard or to deposit, impound or store any towed vehicle therein, unless said yard is in full compliance with the sign, security and lighting requirements of this section and with all applicable zoning regulations, licensing requirements and use permits, established by law.
(7) It shall also be unlawful for tow truck services to store privately impounded vehicles from counties other than Fayette County on their premises.
(Ord. No. 84-93, § 1, 5-6-93; Ord. No. 205-97, § 7, 10-16-97; Ord. No. 194-2003, § 3, 7-10-03; Ord. No. 209-2003, § 3, 8-28-03; Ord. No. 10-2013, § 6, 1-31-13; Ord. No. 139-2021 , § 5, 12-7-21)