§ 46-242. Use of wrecker rotation list.

(a)

In the event the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident or collision is physically unable to designate the wrecker company desired or in the event that such owner has no preference as to a wrecker company, or in the event that the owner refuses to designate a wrecker company, the investigating officer shall communicate such facts to the police department headquarters. The police department shall keep a master list (wrecker rotation list) in alphabetical order of all wrecker companies which:

(1)

Have been issued a permit;

(2)

Have applied to be placed on such list;

(3)

Maintain 24-hour wrecker service;

(4)

Observe the maximum fee schedule as currently established or as hereafter adopted by the city council from time to time and kept on file in the office of the city secretary;

(5)

Maintain a locked enclosure to store wrecked, disabled or impounded motor vehicles to which locked enclosure vehicles are in fact towed pursuant to a call from the police department; and

(6)

Maintain a posted schedule of fees charged for each type of service performed by such wrecker company, which schedule shall be in a conspicuous place clearly visible to customers at the location of the locked enclosure described in subsection (5) of this section.

(b)

In the event a wrecker company ceases to satisfy any of the requirements listed in subsection (a) of this section for inclusion on the wrecker rotation list, the chief of police of the village shall immediately remove the name of such company from such list, unless and until all the requirements have been satisfied. Provided, however, where a wrecker company is removed from such list on four separate occasions within any one calendar year, the name of such company shall not be placed back on such list during the remainder of the term for which a permit was issued to such company under the provisions of section 46-233 and, in addition, the permit of such company may be revoked as provided in section 46-233.

(c)

On receiving communications, the officer receiving such communications at the police department headquarters shall call the wrecker company next in line on the list to tow the disabled vehicle and remove the same from the public streets of the village to the place designated by the owner, or to the bonded enclosure mentioned herein. If the wrecker first called does not respond within 15 minutes, then the officer shall call the wrecker company next in line on the list. If no wrecker on the wrecker rotation list responds within the time permitted, then the officer may call any wrecker which is approved by the county sheriff's department.

(Ord. No. 94-01, § 2(12), 1-11-1994; Ord. No. 96-14, § 1, 7-9-1996)