HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1967-1168 Adds Ch. 62 to prior code, towing services (6.68)ORDINANCE NO. 1168
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
ADDING CHAPTER 62 TO THE NATIONAL CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TOWING SERVICES
The City Council of the City of National City
does ordain that Chapter 62 of the National City Municipal
Code, be and the same is hereby added, to be and to read
as follows:
Article 620
Towing Services
*6201. DEFINITIONS. A "tow car" or "tow truck"
is a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and
equipped for, and exclusively used in the business of tow-
ing vehicles by means of a crane, tow bar, tow line or
dolly or is otherwise exclusively used to render assistance
to other vehicles.
§6202. INTENT AND PURPOSE. It is the intent of
this ordinance to prescribe the basic regulations for the
operation of tow cars, or tow trucks in police emergency
situations in the removal of and towing away of motor
vehicles which are illegally parked, apparently abandoned
or involved in an accident, or which constitute an obstruct-
ion to traffic because of mechanical failure. It is the
purpose of the council in enacting this ordinance to pro-
vide a fair and impartial means of selecting private op-
erators to engage in said business in the interest of the
public as well as in the interest of efficient policing op-
erations for the removal from the public streets of said
vehicles.
§6203. REGULATIONS. The City Council shall,
from time to time, by resolution, adopt policies for the
selection and designation of tow car or tow truck services
which shall be permitted to engage in emergency police
towing upon notification of the need for such services by
the Police Department. Any and all tow car or tow truck
operators not so selected and designated pursuant to the
policy of the City Council are hereby prohibited from re-
moving from the public streets and towing away any vehicles
involved in the situations as set forth in Section 6203,
provided, however, that the owner of the vehicle so involved
may designate any towing service to be used for the removal
and towing away of such vehicle. The Police Department
shall strictly adhere to the policies adopted by the City
Council and any administrative regulations instituted to
efficiently carry out said policies. However, in the
event that a towing service is contacted by the Police
Department to perform said services, and performs said ser-
vices in a manner not in accordance with the policies as
established, the Police Department is held harmless from
any and all liability or damages arising therefrom and
shall not be accountable for, nor investigate, complaints
of negligence and deviations from thepolicies unless said
deviations are shown to be of a repeated and frequently re-
curring nature, and any complaints received from the tow
car or tow truck services selected and designated to carry
out such police towing operations and any complaints re-
ceived concerning the quality and standards of service per-
formed by said operators shall be deemed sufficient cause
for cancellation and termination of any contract or operating
agreement entered into for the performance of such service.
*6204. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force on the thirty-first day from and after its
passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 23rd
May
day of , 19 67 , by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen
Co l burn, Harris, Hoaue, Reid, I .or.gari
NAYS: Councilmen None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
I hereby approve the foregoing
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1 Ordinance
Mayor of the City of National City, California
this 23rd
day of
a y
19 67
Mayor of the City of Na nal Cify, California
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of { R l3i� } No
l Ordinance
of the { Resolutions
Ordinances
r of the City of National City, California, as adopted by the City Council of said
City, and approved by the Mayor of said City, on the day of , 19
City Clerk of the City of National City, California.
Deputy