(A) Each licensee must give evidence of and maintain an adequate storage lot/garage within two miles of the city boundary.
(B) Lots and garages shall be adequately protected and comply with all zoning ordinances.
(C) The licensee must file evidence of suitable insurance.
(D) Cars are to be released 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the owner upon demand or notice and upon the payment of the tow and storage charge. Vehicles which are ordered held by the Police Department may not be released by the licensee.
(E) Receipt for tow fees will be given and records of tow fees maintained.
(F) All impoundment or storage lots must be properly secured with suitable locking devices, and must bear identification signs indicating that they are approved impoundment sites, and setting forth the hours of operation.
(G) All individuals who operate tow vehicles, each of whom is hereby referred to as a "tow truck driver", must be properly licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (have CDL license), and have proper medical clearance and documentation to show that they meet all statutory requirements to operate a towing vehicle, and must be able to produce those documents upon request to city officials.
(1) Further, all tow truck drivers must be subject to criminal background checks and drug testing pursuant to Department of Transportation and BMV Guidelines administered in connection with employment.
(2) Any driver failure in drug screening, or driver conviction or criminal offense that may alter operator license status must be immediately reported to the Police Department. Failure to do so shall subject the towing company to immediate removal from the towing rotation.
(H) The annual federal inspection report, proof of insurance, and copies of appropriate driver's license of tow truck drivers must annually be supplied to the Police Department, where they will be kept on file and will become public records available for inspection by the public.
(I) All appropriate and necessary forms and documents required by the State of Indiana must be completed as required by the State of Indiana. This includes, but is not limited to, meeting the requirements of IC 9-22-1 et seq., and completing State Form 4166, R-11 396, or any successor forms thereto, on all impounded vehicles.
(J) All tow trucks must bear, in a visible location on each side, the name and phone number of the company, and the Indiana Department of Transportation approval number, so that same may be clearly visible to the public and easily read.
(Ord. 2336, passed 5-19-80; Am. Ord. 3512, passed 8-20-07) Penalty, see § 10.99