(A) Upon receiving the first communication that the owner of a vehicle involved in a collision has failed or refused to designate a wrecker company, or has specifically designated no preference, the TCPD dispatcher receiving the communication at police headquarters shall call the first towing company on the list to tow a disabled vehicle and remove the vehicle from the public streets of the city. If a towing company does not timely respond with its wrecker within 30 minutes (absent exigent circumstances), the next towing company on the rotation list will be called (no show).
(B) On each succeeding communication of the failure or refusal of the owner to designate a wrecker, or where the owner has specifically designated no preference, the next company on the list shall be called, and so on, calling each towing company on the master list in rotation, and properly noting each call on the master list.
(C) The city reserves the right to cancel the next-out wrecker, as warranted by the situation on the scene. If the city cancels the next-out for any reason other than the company’s failure to arrive within the allocated time limit, or the equipment does not meet the requirements of the situation, the company shall be placed on top of the rotation list and shall receive the subsequent next-out call.
(D) If the next-out wrecker on the scene cannot complete the job with the towing company’s own vehicles or needs additional help, the towing company shall notify the law enforcement officer in charge at the scene and additional next-out wreckers shall be called to the scene as warranted. The additional next-out wreckers may also charge the wrecker fee upon hook-up. The original next-out wrecker shall be the first entitled to storage of the vehicle and the storage fees.
(1998 Code, § 126-35) (Ord. 03-38, passed 10-15-2003; Ord. 03-49, passed 11-5-2003; Ord. 04-53, passed 11-3-2004; Ord. 05-45, passed 10-5-2005; Ord. 16-01, passed 2-17-2016)