In the event of an emergency that required the Police Department to move a legally parked, but unoccupied motor vehicle from a city street, then the officer in charge shall instruct the radio dispatcher to dispatch the next wrecker on the rotational list. The wrecker service will be contacted only after the vehicle’s owner or operator cannot be contacted to remove the vehicle, or when the owner or operator cannot be contacted to remove the vehicle, or when the owner or operator cannot remove said vehicle in a timely manner. Under these circumstances, the city shall be liable to the wrecker service for the reasonable and customary tow charge, and the wrecker service thus dispatched shall lose its position on the rotation list as would otherwise occur under normal circumstances.
(Ord. 404-94, passed 8-29-1994)