§ 112.07 ROTATION LIST; PLACEMENT; USE.
   (A)   If a vehicle is involved in an accident or collision and the public safety departments of the city are called relating to a request for wrecker service, the investigating or responding officer or employee shall communicate the fact immediately to the Police Department headquarters for selection of a wrecker from the wrecker rotation list maintained by the city’s Police Department as provided in this chapter. Any wrecker company that desires to be placed on the city wrecker rotation list shall meet the following requirements:
      (1)   Have been issued a permit and safety and insurance compliance certificate in accordance with this chapter;
      (2)   Have applied to be on such list;
      (3)   Maintain 24-hour wrecker service located within and not exceeding a seven-mile radius of the city’s Police Department central office and be within a 15-minute response time to anywhere in the city;
      (4)   Maintain an impound yard located within and not exceeding a seven-mile radius of the city’s Police Department central office;
      (5)   In addition to the minimum requirements for wreckers required in § 112.26 of this chapter, possess at least one license wrecker not less than one and one-half tons in size, equipped with a power-operated winch, winch line and boom, with a factory-rated lifting capacity of not less than 10,000 pounds, single-line capacity;
      (6)   In addition to the minimum requirements for wreckers required in § 112.26 of this chapter, possess at least one licensed platform wrecker;
      (7)   Agree to respond to all requests for wrecker service initiated by the city;
      (8)   The owner or operator of a wrecker company shall immediately notify the Chief of Police or his or her designated representative of any changes in status as it relates to any insurance, certificate or permit or any factor that may impede its ability to comply with this chapter; and
      (9)   The owner or operator of a wrecker company shall produce a monthly report by the third Monday of each month listing the status of any and all vehicles towed for the city that are considered abandoned in their lot, after proper notification has been given in accordance with Tex. Transportation Code Subch. C, Vehicle Abandoned In Storage Facility, § 683.031.
   (B)   (1)   Upon receiving a communication from the city’s Police Department, the wrecker company presently on call, or its duly authorized agent, shall tow the disabled vehicle and remote such vehicle from the public streets of the city.
      (2)   The Chief of Police or his or her designated agent shall establish the procedures for the rotation of wreckers on the wrecker rotation list.
(Ord. 2013-11, passed 11-18-2013)