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Port Isabel, TX Code of Ordinances
CHAPTER 118: WRECKER SERVICES
Section
   118.01   Application for placement on rotation list
   118.02   Twenty-four hour service
   118.03   Impoundment of vehicles
   118.04   Auto pound requirements
   118.05   Maximum security
   118.06   Operation on rotation list
   118.07   Insurance coverage
   118.08   Prevailing fees for wrecker services
   118.09   Response time and duties
   118.10   Removal from rotation list
   118.11   Must comply with guidelines
   118.12   Soliciting of towing company/wrecker business on city streets prohibited
   118.13   Driving wrecker to scene of collision
   118.14   Interception of police radio communications
   118.15   Vehicles to display name of permit holder
   118.16   Application
   118.17   Business permit fees
   118.18   Rates
   118.19   Procedure for disposal of abandoned motor vehicles
   § 118.01 APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT ON ROTATION LIST.
   Any person or firm wishing to be placed on the wrecker rotation list of the City Police Department must make application to the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police will inspect any and all wreckers to be placed on the wrecker rotation list.
(Ord. 448, passed 6-11-1985)
§ 118.02 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SERVICE.
   The wrecker service must provide 24-hour service, seven days per week, during which time at least one wrecker must be available, for wrecker operations and for providing available personnel to release vehicles.
(Ord. 448, passed 6-11-1985)
§ 118.03 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES.
   All vehicles towed in by a wrecker company at the direction of the Police Department shall be impounded in an enclosed area, or at a place designated by the Police Department, by the company until release of the vehicle is authorized by the Police Department.
(Ord. 448, passed 6-11-1985)
§ 118.04 AUTO POUND REQUIREMENTS.
   An auto pound shall:
   (A)   Be located within the city limits or within a five mile radius of the city;
   (B)   Be located in an industrially zoned area;
   (C)   Be enclosed by a chain link fence or wood of a height not less than six feet;
   (D)   Be locked when not attended by an employee of the wrecker service; and
   (E)   Be adequately lighted for security purposes.
(Ord. 448, passed 6-11-1985)
§ 118.05 MAXIMUM SECURITY.
   The City Police Department may request that an automobile be stored in a maximum security indoor area either located at the impoundment facility or at another site approved by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 448, passed 6-11-1985)
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