(A) If an owner refuses to designate a permitted tow truck, the city shall utilize the permit holder list for pound calls or hauls resulting from motor vehicles being towed by the direction of the Police Department.
(B) Any police officer may, for lawful purposes, direct that any motor vehicle shall be taken to automotive impoundment facilities approved by the city, such facilities, whether at one or more locations, are hereinafter referred to as the City Pound.
(C) Whenever it becomes necessary under this section for the permit holder to disassemble parts to a vehicle in order to tow such vehicle, the permit holder shall reassemble such parts upon reaching the City Pound.
(D) No permit holder under this section shall have the owner of an impounded motor vehicle sign a release from liability or damage until the owner has inspected the vehicle. Any such release shall contain a notation for which the permit holder is alleged to be liable by the owner of the vehicle. If there is any such enumeration of alleged damage, then the release shall be a full release except as to the specifically enumerated damages. The release shall be signed by the owner of the motor vehicle and a representative of the permit holder.
(E) No permit holder shall assert a lien on personal effects within a motor vehicle. Personal effects shall include such items as clothing, toilet articles, animals and purses, but shall not include tools.
(F) Each permit holder and tow truck business shall clearly post and make available procedures to release autos between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. each day of the week, in addition to the permit holder’s regular business hours.
(Ord. 17-0822, passed 8-22-2017; Ord. 21-0921, passed 9-21-2021)
Penalty, see § 91.99