§ 70-121. Application for inclusion on towing list.

Any towing company desiring to perform towing work at police request shall submit an application to the Chief of Police. Application forms shall be obtained from the Chief of Police. The completed application form shall include the following information:

(1)

The applicant's name, home and business address, home phone, business phone and name under which the applicant does or will operate the business;

(2)

The location, size and security features of the storage lot on which towed vehicles will be stored;

(3)

The location where the public must come to claim stored vehicles;

(4)

A statement of willingness to provide towing service on a continuous 24 hours a day basis each day of the year;

(5)

A list and complete description of the towing equipment, its size and capacity;

(6)

Proof of insurance as required by this Article hereof;

(7)

A statement that the applicant will accept responsibility for any and all personal property left in towed and stored vehicles along with a description of the place said applicant would use to adequately protect the property left in towed or stored vehicles;

(8)

A description of the two way mobile communications and base station to be used on each tow truck and at the office where calls are received;

(9)

A listing of the applicant's drivers and any persons who assist or supervise drivers;

(10)

A statement that neither the applicant nor any of its officers, partners or stockholders, if applicable, have been convicted, during the three years immediately preceding the filing of the application, of a felony or of any misdemeanor involving theft of property, violence to persons or criminal damage to property;

(11)

A statement that neither applicant nor any of its officers, partners or stockholders, if applicable, have been convicted, during the year immediately preceding the filing of the application of safety violations on three or more occasions in which its vehicles were taken out of service or which otherwise show the applicant to be unfit;

(12)

A statement that the applicant does not and will not employ or lease to any driver, or employ any person who will assist or supervise drivers, who has been convicted, during the applicable time frames, of the violations found at Subsections (10) and (11) of this Section; and

(13)

A statement that the applicant does not and will not employ or lease to any driver who does not hold a valid classified driver's license to operate a tow truck.

(Ord. No. 1454, § 3, 1-12-2006)