Except when acting as an agent in the legal repossession of a vehicle, it shall be unlawful for any private impound tow truck service or operator to:
(1) Rebate or pay money or any other valuable consideration to the owners or operators of the premises from which the vehicles are towed or removed, for the privilege of removing or towing those vehicles.
(2) Tow or otherwise move a vehicle from any area or portion of a public street, without either the consent of the owner or custodian of the vehicle or authorization from a police officer or other designated official of the county.
(3) Tow or otherwise move a vehicle from any private road, driveway or any other privately owned land or property, except when requested to do so by the owner or custodian of the vehicle or as authorized by the property owner or representative.
(4) Block the movement of any vehicle, other than when on the property of the tow truck service, to prevent the movement thereof by its owner or custodian who is occupying the vehicle or has appeared and desires to move the vehicle. However, if the private impound tow truck operator has fully hooked up and physically raised the vehicle to normal transport height in accordance with section 14-88, then this subsection shall not apply.
(5) Provide false information to any division of police personnel concerning any vehicle towed.
(6) Require the owner of any towed vehicle to wait for a period exceeding one (1) hour from the time of contact or attempted contact by the owner with the private impound tow truck service or operator for release of a vehicle. Any delay over one (1) hour caused by failure to monitor or respond to calls placed to the operator's designated telephone number shall constitute a violation of this section and may be cause for revoking a private impound tow truck service license.
(7) Move any vehicle to any intermediate place of storage, or to any location other than to the registered secure storage yard of a private impound tow truck service, unless specifically requested by the owner or custodian of said vehicle.
(8) Upon request by any owner or custodian of a currently licensed vehicle, deny or prevent access to said vehicle for the purpose of removing personal items, whether or not the owner or custodian is then able to reclaim the vehicle.
(9) Prohibit any person authorized to retrieve a vehicle pursuant to subsection 14-90(1) from redeeming such vehicle.
(10) Refuse to release a privately impounded vehicle to an authorized person upon demand and offer of reasonable tender, as set forth in subsection 14-90(7), sufficient to cover the costs of towing, and storage.
(11) Operate any vehicle that is being, or has been, impounded on a public roadway within Fayette County.
(12) No operator shall attempt to hook up to an occupied vehicle without first contacting the division of police or the property owner.
(Ord. No. 84-93, § 1, 5-6-93; Ord. No. 205-97, § 9, 10-16-97; Ord. No. 304-98, § 2, 10-29-98; Ord. No. 124-2003, § 1, 5-29-03; Ord. No. 194-2003, § 5, 7-10-03; Ord. No. 209-2003, § 5, 8-28-03; Ord. No. 10-2013, § 8, 1-31-13)