Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-09-06 ‎(workshop)‎ — reading text

recovery, including all towing and storage fees, attorney' s fees and court costs, damages resulting directly or indirectly from the removal, transportation or storage of the vehicle. fine not to exceed $ 500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. non- criminal offense, suspension from the rotation system and right to engage in private property towing. Recommendation: The comments presented pose issues for Council determination. I request that the City Manager or her designee review the comments, investigate the issues as necessary, and provide Staff's input to these comments. Once I receive Staff's comments, I will make final revisions to Ordinance 1671 for presentation to Council. 5/ 4/ 2006. 6  1 ORDINANCE 1671 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, 4 FLORIDA; PROVIDING AUTHORITY; REPEALING IN ITS 5 ENTIRETY THE CURRENT CHAPTER 8. 11, WRECKERS; 6 ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 11. 12, ENTITLED WRECKER 7 OPERATIONS AND SERVICES; REQUIRING PERMITTING OF 8 OWNERS AND OPERATORS; REGULATING WRECKER 9 OPERATIONS AND SERVICES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; 10 ESTABLISHING CITY WRECKER ROTATION PROGRAM; 11 REPEALING CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND SETTING AN 12 EFFECTIVE DATE. 13 14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 15 THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 16 17 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY 18 19 The authority for enactment of this Ordinance is Section 166. 021 ( 1) and 20 166. 043, Florida Statutes ( 2005). 21 22 SECTION 2. INTENT 23 Section 166. 043, of the Florida Statutes allows the City to enact service 24 rates for towing of vehicles from or immobilization of vehicles on private property, 25 and rates for removal and storage of wrecked or disabled vehicles from an 26 accident scene or the removal and storage of vehicles in the event the owner or 27 operator is incapacitated, unavailable, leaves the procurement of wrecker service 28 to the law enforcement officer at the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the 29 removal of the vehicle. 30 31 SECTION 3. REPEAL OF CURRENT CHAPTER 8. 11 32 Chapter 8. 11 of the City Code is hereby repealed in its entirety as follows: 33 34 8. 11 Wreckers 35 8. 11. 01 DefinitieRS 36 The fellowiR~ vJerss, terms ans phr3ses, ,-,:hen !:Ises in this shapter, shall have 37 the meaRi €js assriBes te them in this sestien, excel3t ':: here the sentext clearly 38 insicatee: a sifferent meaRiR~: 39 40 /'. te tJaFlseFled venjs.. 41 !'. RY ' Jehicle ' f/Aish Aas net BeeR meves in 72 hell;rs aREI is lecates en 42 pI;;IBlic erty, 13r9J'} i R sl I ; G i n ~, B!: It net limiteEl te a city street er ri~ ht ef' l:ay. 43 44 COFltrasted VIr-esker 45 TAe sity 131;1;11 iR wrecker service ': JAiGh is ne€jetiates BY the city to J'}r9viEle 46 certain tewin€j services fer the city. 47 Tom L.Craig 5/ 4/ 2006 1 101 102 8. 11. 041 P.erm. it 103 In aaeitien te a lieense al:ltl: 1erizing a el:lsines te engage in the retatien 104 ane eentraet V/reeker e\:lsines, there shall alse Be iss\le: a a '." reeker permit fer 105 Gaeh apprevee wreeker 'JehiGle evmea ey the lisensee. Eash permit for a '.\'resker 106 ehiGle shall state that sl::Jeh ' Nreeker has eeen inspeetes ans ap rev a\l:naer the 107 Elirestiell et the peliee eepartment ana the permit shall Be affixes seclJ:rely te the 108 insiae et the winsshield et the apprepriate wrecker vehiGle. The inspestien fee 109 shall ee estaelished BY se\:lnGil resel\t:ien \: Ipen resemmellsatien ey the city 110 manager. Ne ' I:recker permit shall ee transferaele, ans every wresker permit 111 shall expire at 12: 00 midnight en SeptemBer 30 et the fissal year in ' NhiGh it is 112 iss\le: s. 113 8. 11. 042. cerm 114 licatiens pJ) fer a wrecker permit shall ee maEle l:Jpen a ferm prepared 115 ms mode availaele BY the J)elise department, l:Jpen Fesentatien J) Gf reseipt fer 116 payment et the ecclJl:3atienalisen . 117 ic& 8. 11. 043 App.', t,ic; m 118 This chaJ)ter sholl enly al3l3ly te retatien wreckers and centractea 119 reskers oendl:Jcting Bl:Jsines in the city. 120 121 8. 11. 05 Ol3eratien Of f \ \.' resker Selestien reckers; \.~.' 122 If the e':mer er eperater ef a vehiGle invelves in an acciElent er oellisien is 123 I3l1:ysialy l: JnaBle te designate a desires wresker ceml3any or aeslines to 124 aesignate one, the in'/ estigating offieer shall comm\ln:iGate that faet immediately 125 te 130lice eammlJ:nicatiens. The J)oliee department shall keep a master retatien 126 list, in alJ)haeetical oreer, ef all ' f:recker Geml3anies particil3ating in the V/resker 127 retatien program. On reGeiving the first semm\ln:isatien, the e mm\l:nisati ns 128 afficer reeeiving sl:Jeh transmission at pelise heaEl j\a:rters shall sail the first 129 wrecker eampany an the retatien list te tow the disaBleEl ': ehisle. If a wresker 130 Belonging te the 'meGker company reeeiving the comm\ln:iGatien fails te arrive at 131 the ssene af an aecident within 35 mi n l J : t e s, the in' lestigating effiGer shall Ratify 132 pelise e o m ml J :n i s a t i e n s . The first wresker sempany calleEl shall Be canselles ana 133 the next wrecker campany en the ratatien list shall Be calleEl. The '.., resker 134 oompany \'Jhese oallv:as cancelled shall ee plaseEl in last pesitien en the retatian 135 list ana a netatien of fail\r:e te res panel shall ee reGerded as a remark. 111 eaGh 136 sl:Joeeaing semmlJ:nicatian af the inaeility er refusal ef the ewner or eperater to 137 Elesignate a '..: recker, the next seml3any en the list shall Be calleEl, and preJ)er 138 natatien af eash sail shall Be made en the master list. Six ( 6) sl::Jsh fail\r:es te 139 respona te the aisl3ate1l: eEl loeatien ' J: ithin 35 mi l l : J t e s . . : ithin a 12 manth relling 140 perioa ':: iII sonsti l: te a vielatien of this shapter ana may Be grelJ:nes fer 141 aisciplinary actien as previaee in this seetion. 142 143 8. 11. 051 P:: ef:1itJ iofls 144 eperater shall 1) Ne resker V/ any felle':! amel;Jlance, palice car er 145 reeker whish is tra'leling an a p\:lelis street in respense te a rel3ert of an 146 ol;Jtomoeil sellision er acciaent fer the pl:Jrpese ot selisiting Bl;Jsines . 147 148 2) Ne persen shall drive a wresker te er near the ssene et an aeciElent or 149 collisiell en the streets et the sity fer the pl:lrpes ef selisiting Bl:Jsinos unless 150 s\: lsh persen has eeen called to the Beene ey the pelise Elepartment; reviseEl, J) 151 he'Never, '.vhen it is Ilesessary to pre'Jellt seath or eeElily injlJ;ry te any persen 152 ill'lel': ed in an aSGiaent er collision, the prehieition et this s\:lBsestien shall Be 153 inapplicaBle. Toni L.Craig 5/ 4/ 2006 3 154 155 8. 11. 952 1veIJ.Ir JFlta:: y RemsWl! 156 A/hen a peliGe effiGer irl':esti~ ating an aGCiaeAt aetermines that a '/ ehiGle 157 whiGR Ras Bee A iA': elvea iA a Gellisien er aGGieeAt l:lraen maBle a pUBlic street is I: 158 te preseee safely uneer its e\\' A raewer, er when tRe e\': Aer er eperater thereet is 159 rahysisally uAaBle te aril/e SI:lSR ': ehicle, SUSR e# iGer shall request tRe e\:mer er 160 eperater te eesignate the wfesker semraany that Re er sRe aesires te rome'/ e the 161 vehiGle. When tRe e'NAer er eraerater has aesi~ Aatea the ' JJresker semraany 162 aesirea,