Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-25-05 workshop — reading text

ENACTMENT OF NEW CHAPTER REGARDING WRECKER 276 OPERATIONS AND MAXIMUM RATES FOR SERVICES. 277 The Code of Ordinances, City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is hereby amended 278 by adding a new chapter regarding wrecker operations and establishing a wrecker rotation 279 program which chapter shall read as follows: 280 281 8. 11 Wreckers 282 283 Definitions 284 The following words. terms and phrases. when used in this chapter. shall have the 285 meanings ascribed to them in this section. except where the context clearly indicates a 286 different meaning: 287 Abandoned vehicle shall mean any vehicle which has not been moved in 72 hours and is 288 located on public property. including. but not limited to a city street or right- of-way. 289 290 Contracted wrecker shall mean the city pull- in wrecker service which is negotiated by the 291 city to provide certain towing services for the city. 292 293 Rotation wrecker shall mean a wrecker meeting the requirements of this chapter and 294 registered with the police department as a rotation wrecker. 295 296 Wrecker shall mean any truck or other vehicle which is used to tow. carrv. or otherwise 297 transport motor vehicles or vessels upon the streets and highwavs of this state and which 298 is equipped for that purpose with a boom. winch. car carrier. or other similar equipment. 299 300 30 I Violations 302 Unless stated otherwise. violations of this chapter are punishable as provided in 303 chapter 1- 8 of this Code. 304 305 Citv Wrecker Rotation Proe:ram Toni L.Craig Page 6 10/ 17/ 2005 306 There is hereby established a City Wrecker Rotation Program. Wreckers involved 307 in the urogram shall be authorized. at the direction of the police deuartment and at 308 urenegotiated contract urices. to tow city- owned vehicles. vehicles of evidentiarv value. 309 those seized bv the uolice deuartment or where the driver has been arrested. wrecked 310 vehicles. and abandoned vehicles. The citv shall adout by resolution the rules. 311 procedures. and requirements for the City Wrecker Rotation Program and the fees. 312 exuenses. and limitations of such fees and expenses. to be charged bv uarticiuating 313 wreckers. 314 315 License Reauired 316 All uersons uarticiuating in the Citv Wrecker Rotation Program shall obtain a 317 business occuuationallicense and a wrecker uermit and shall urovide Droof of vehicle and 318 liabilitv insurance. 319 320 Wreckers Not Emere:encv Vehicles 321 It is hereby declared and determined that wrecker vehicles are not emergencv 322 vehicles. and such wreckers shall com? ly strictly with all laws and ordinances relating to 323 motor vehicles. 324 325 Prohibited Wrecker Services 326 A wrecker ouerator shall not 1) follow any emergency vehicle traveling on a 327 public street in resuonse to an emergency call for the uuroose of soliciting business. 2) 328 drive a wrecker to or near the scene of an accident to solicit business. unless called to the 329 scene by the uolice department or owner. or such action is necessarv to urevent death or 330 bodilv injury to anv uerson~ nor 3) charge anv fee. exuense. or other charge that is 331 inconsistent with this Code or Florida law. 332 333 334 335 SECTION IV. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS 336 In the event any ordinance or parts of ordinances are in conflict with any other 337 provision of the Code, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail. 338 339 SECTION V. SEVERABILITY. 340 Should any provision or portion of any provision in this ordinance be declared by 341 a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the other 342 provisions. 343 344 SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. 345 This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council 346 and signature of the Mayor. 347 348 PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 349 WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA ON THE _ DAY OF 350 2005. Toni L.Craig Page 7 10/ 17/ 2005 351 352 353 354 MICHAEL G. ANDERSON 355 MAYOR 356 357 358 ATTEST: 359 360 361 362 HELEN A. SPENCER 363 CITY CLERK 364 Approved as to form and legal 365 sufficiency. 366 367 368 TONI L.CRAIG 369 CITY ATTORNEY 370 New language is underlined. 371 Deleted language is striekefl. 372 10/ 17/ 2005 Toni L.Craig Page 8  1 ORDINANCE 1671- B 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON 4 BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AUTHORITY; 5 REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY THE CURRENT 6 CHAPTER 38, WRECKERS; ADOPTING A NEW 7 SECTION ENTITLED WRECKER OPERATIONS AND 8 SERVICES; REGULATING WRECKER OPERATIONS 9 ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; ESTABLISHING 10 WRECKER ROTATION PROGRAM; PROVIDING 11 FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS AND 12 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 13 14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 15 OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 16 17 SECTION I. AUTHORITY 18 19 The authority for enactment of this Ordinance is Section 166. 021 (1) and 166. 043, 20 Florida Statutes ( 2004). 21 22 SECTION II. INTENT 23 . Section 166. 043, of the Florida Statutes allows the City to enact service rates for 24 towing of vehicles from or immobilization of vehicles on private property, and rates for 25 removal and storage of wrecked or disabled vehicles from an accident scene or the 26 removal and storage of vehicles in the event the owner or operator is incapacitated, 27 unavailable, leaves the procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at 28 the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the vehicle. 29 30 SECTION III. AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 38 31 Chapter 38 is hereby repealed in its entirety as follows: 32 33 Ses. 3& 1. DeHnitiens. 34 The felle':: ing \': erels, tel'fRS ane phrases, ':: hen usee in this ehapter, shall have the iaei6ates a 35 meaRiags assrieeEl te them ia this se6tiea, e~(6ept where the 6eatent 61earl)' 36 eiffereat meaRiag: 37 . 1haRaBriea r:ehiele shall meaR aRY '.. ehisle whieh has aet BeeR meyee in 72 heW's aRa is 38 leeatea en publie prepef~Y, iasluamg, but net limited te a si~y meet er right ef ',yay. 39 Celi'l1" a81ea wree.'c-er shall meaR the pull ia wresker ser-dse whieh is aegetiated by the eit)' 40 sit)' previde te sertaiB tev: iag servi6es fer the sity. 41 RBts/ ien Wf"ee.'E8r shall mean a \ vresl~er meetiBg the reEtHiremems ef this ehapter aRa 42 registerea with the peliee department as a retatien ',vreeker. 43 ( Cede 19&5, ~ &&~ J)1; Ord. } Je. ~ 53.3, I 19 & 1; Ora. } Je. 1557, ~ I, & 1293) 44 Cress referenees: Defmitiens and mles ef eenstrnetien general~', ~ 1 2. 45 46 See. 3& 2. Penalty fer vielatiens. er serviee, the 47 Upea reeeiJ3t by the ei~y maRager ef aRY v.Tittea eemplaint en aRY wresl<: the faets efthe eemplaint. I[ the ei~ Hnds that the 48 maRager may investigate sit)' y maRager valia, he shall the ','! reeker servise, ia '. aRa give the wreelle: r 49 semplaint is R8tify vritiag, 10/17/ 2005 T ani L.Craig Page 1  50 serYiee a fair te be heara. Thereafter, the maRager eit)' fiRa the wl'eeker ma)' eppertwlit)' 51 serviee ta be iR ': ielatiaR ef this ehapter. /'. vialatieR ef af the flravisieRs ef this an)' 52 ehaJIter by f' aR)' ".' eeker eemflaRY partieipatiRg iR the Fert '. ValteR Beaeh Wreeker 53 RetatieR Pragram shall be reselvea as falla'Ns: 54 1) First ' lielatiaR: The manager, ill his sele aiseretieR, may suspeRa the eit)' 55 flar-tieipating ', reeker eelRf)aRY Hem the ratatiaRlist fer a time periea ef39 aays. 56 2) SeeeRa ' lielatieR: The manager, iR his sele aiseretiaR, may reme': e the eit)' 57 flartieipating i',< reel( er Hem the retatieR list \:! eampan)' Rtil sueh time as the flartieipatiRg 58 ineker ealRf) an)' shews, tEl the manager' s satisfaetieR, that steps have beeR takeR te eit)' 59 assure that vialatiaRs by the flartieiflatiRg wl'eeker ill Ret",.. eempan)' eeRtiRue 60 Other than statea abEl': e, ' lielatieRs ef this ehaJ3ter are f> HRishable as flreviaea iR seetieR 61 l-&- 62 Ceae 1985, ~ 88~. 99; Ora. }Ie. 1557 ~ 2, 8 1203) 63 64 See. 38 3. .^. Htherity Elf flull iR wreeker aRa rEltatiElR ' Nreekers; eJ( peRses. eit)' 65 a) The pull iR wreel(er shall be aatherizea at the aireetieR ef the eit)' fleliee 66