(A) Every tow operator or driver of a tow truck shall remove or cause to be removed all glass and debris deposited on any street or highway by the disabled vehicle being serviced, and shall, in addition, spread oil-dry upon that portion of any street or highway where oil or grease has been deposited by the disabled vehicle being serviced.
(B) No tow operator or driver of a tow truck shall respond to a call for service while under the influence of intoxicants.
(C) Tow vehicles shall be taken to such location designated by the vehicle owner, driver or agent, should such person not wish to store the vehicle at the tow operator's facility; provided, however, that vehicles towed upon the direction of the Police Department shall be towed to such a place as designated by the police officer in charge at the scene.
(D) When a tow operator tows a vehicle pursuant to a DUI arrest, the tow operator shall hold that vehicle in storage for 12 hours and may only then release the vehicle to the owner.
(E) Once notified of a tow, the tow operator will provide the Police Department an approximate time it will take to arrive at the scene of the tow. If a tow operator on current rotation is unable to respond to a request for service within 20 minutes of the request for service, the tow operator or his or her employee shall advise the Police Department that he or she is not available. The tow operator will then be removed from its current place in the rotation and placed at the end of the then current rotation list. No substitute tow truck or operator will be allowed. The police dispatcher will then call the next tow operator in the rotation.
(Ord. 0009-03, passed 2-19-03)