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

a 24 hOlJ: rBl:Isi:rtes offiGe, 253 sterage facility, anEl have an eR sail wrecker within the city limits; have eash 254 wrecker 'Jenisle iRspecteEl aREI permitteG ey the police Elepartment; each '.\'reoker 255 cemJ3arty shall pre'o'iEle preef of ':ehisle ane liaBility insurance. 256 8. 11. 981 em9F1u; sf P-e." mif Requi... 257 In aeeitien to occul3ational license outRerizing a l3ersert to engage in the an 258 wrecker eusiRess, there sRall also Be issll:eEl a wresker permit for each 259 ating wreckor vehicle e'o'JReEl ey the lisensee J3articipating in the retation partici!') Toni L.Craig 5/ 4/ 2006 5 260 ermit fer a wrecker east:l v:resker f) vetl:isle st:lal state tt:lat sl:Jsh v: resker f) regram. 261 has eeen insf)eGted and af)f) re'Jed fer safety and eEll:JiI" ment as set ferth ey the 262 f) eliGe sef)artment. This wresker f) ermit st:lal ee affixes securely te the insise ef 263 tt:le windshiels ef the af)f) riate raf) wrecker vehicle. ^ fee far SUGh insf)estian shall 264 ee estaelishes ey GaunGiI resalution uf)on resammendatian af the Gity manager. 265 No f) ersan er ' IJresker servise, ather than ey awner er driver reEl :Jest, shall be 266 called ey tt:le f) alise sef)artment unless such 'lIresker serviGe is a f) artiGif)ant in 267 tt:le \\' resker rotation f) ragram. No \ reGker f)ermit shall ee transferaele ans every o: 268 v:reGker f) ermit shall eXf)ire at 12: 99 midnight on Sef)temeer 39 af tt:le fisGal year 269 in whiGh it is issl:Jed. 270 8. 11. 982 P:--eseEiI: J,"e fe," .^ k:JFlceFl5fJFlt Tev/5 271 If the owner of a vehisle invol': es in an aGsident or sellision is f) hysisally unaele ta 272 desi~ nate a desired ' I:recker samf)any or declines ta desi~ nate one, the 273 investi~ atin~ officer shall communisate that fast immediately to f) elioe 274 headEluarters. The f)olice def) artment shall keel" a master list, in haeetical alf) 275 order, of all '.\' reGker sempanies f) artiGif)ating in the wrecker rotation f) rogram. On 276 resei': in~ the first !; ommunication, tt:le f)alise offiGer reseiving sl:Jst: l 277 Gommunication at police headEluarters shall sail the first '.\'recker somf)any on the 278 list te the disaeles ': ehicle and remave the same frem the f) to'/.' ueliG street ef the 279 Gity. If a ':: recker belenging to the '''Hecker sampany reseiving tAe communication 280 fails to arri': e at the scene of an assident witAin 39 minlJ:tes, the esti~ ating in'.' 281 offiser shall notify f) alise head1(uartes. Tt:le first wresker Galled shall ee sanGelled 282 ans the next wrecker on the retation list st: l a l ee sailed. Tt : l e \ reGker I.- ' IJt:lase Gall 283 was !; aAGelled shall be placed in last f) esition en the retatien list and a netatien ef 284 failure to resf)onse st:lal be reGorded as a remark. IA eash sUGseedin~ 285 sommunication af tt:le inability er refusal of the e'/mer te desi~ nate a '.\' reGker, the 286 next Gemf)any eA the list sAall be Galled, and f) ref)er notation af eaGh Sl:JSt: l Gall 287 shall ee made en the master list. 288 8. 11. 983 P.eFla!# ies 289 In additien to ether af)f) enalties, a violatian ef any of the IiGable f) 290 isiens of this Ghaf)ter by any '.,: resker Gomf)any f) pro'.' artisif)atin~ in tt:lB Fort 291 ' JrBcker Nalten 8each '.^ Rotation PragFam shall ee treated as fella'JJs: 292 ( 1) . st ' lie!atfeFl: The Gity mana~ er may susf)end tt:le artiGif)ating f) cf.... 293 ':: rBGkBr Gomf)any frem the rotatien list far 39 days. 294 ( 2) Seseml \' fe!atieFl: The city manager may remeve tt:le artiGipatin~ f) 295 '. vrBGker Gemf)any from tt: l e rotation list I: J nt i l sl: J sh time as the artisif)ating f) 296 '.\' reGker comf)any sho\': s, to the city mana~er's satisfastian, that stef)s have eeen 297 taken to 3ESI:Jre that vielations by tRe f) 3rtieipating ':: reeker eOmf)3ny de net 298 Gontinue. The serviGe mlJ:st be susf)ended fer a miniml:Jm of six menths before 299 makiA~ SUGh she'lJin~. 300 301 302 SECTION 4. ENACTMENT OF NEW CHAPTER 11. 12 REGARDING 303 WRECKER OPERATIONS AND MAXIMUM RATES FOR SERVICES. 304 The Code of Ordinances, City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is hereby 305 amended by adding a new chapter 11. 12, to be titled Wrecker Operations and 306 Services, regarding wrecker operations and services, requirements, and 307 maximum rates for wrecker services and operations which chapter shall enacted 308 as follows: 309 310 11. 12 Wreckers Tom L.Craig 5/ 4/ 2006 6 311 11. 12. 01 Definitions 312 The followina words. terms and phrases. when used in this 313 chapter. shall have the meaninas ascribed to them in this section. 314 except where the context clearly indicates a different meanina: 315 316 Abandoned vehicle 317 Any vehicle which has not been moved in 72 hours and is 318 located on public property. includina. but not limited to a city street 319 or riaht- of-way. 320 321 Class A vehicles 322 Cars. motorcycles. liaht duty trucks. boats. campers. and 323 other vehicles weiahina 10. 000 pounds ( aross vehicle weiaht) or 324 less. 325 326 Class B vehicles 327 Medium duty trucks. motor homes. camper trailers. and 328 other vehicles weiahina between 10. 001 and 20. 000 pounds ( aross 329 vehicle weiaht). 330 331 Class C vehicles 332 Heaw duty trucks. house trailers. buses. and other vehicles 333 weiahina more than 20. 001 pounds ( aross vehicle weiaht). 334 335 Maior credit card 336 A Visa or MasterCard. 337 338 Contracted wrecker 339 The city pull- in wrecker service which is neaotiated by the 340 city to provide certain towina services for the city. 341 342 Rotation wrecker 343 A wrecker meetina the reauirements of this chapter. properly 344 permitted. licensed. and reaistered with the police department as a 345 rotation wrecker. 346 347 Rotation wrecker towina system 348 A system whereby a aroup of wrecker companies have 349 aareed to take turns answerina calls for towina and storaae 350 services when reauested by a police officer at the scene of an 351 accident or disabled vehicle. The wrecker companies are placed on 352 a list. called consecutively as the need arises. and then rotated to 353 the bottom of the list. 354 Toni L.Craig 5/ 4/ 2006 7 355 Private Prooertv towina 356 Towina or removal of a vehicle that is parked on private real 357 property. at the property owner's direction. 358 359 Wrecker 360 Any truck or other vehicle which is used to tow. carrv. or 361 otherwise transport motor vehicles or vessels upon the streets and 362 hiahways of this state and which is eauipped for that purpose with a 363 boom. winch. car carrier. or other similar eauipment. 364 365 Wrecker Ooerator 366 Any person enaaaed in any manner in ownina. operatina. 367 havina a license for or drivina a wrecker for the purposes of 368 providina wrecker services. 369 370 Wrecker Service 371 Any service provided by a person that is related to wrecker 372 operations. includina but not limited to maintainina an office. place 373 of business. or storaae lot in the city. contractina for towina from or 374 immobilizina vehicles on private property within the city. removina 375 and storina wrecked or disabled vehicles from an accident scene or 376 private property. or removina and storina vehicles in the event the 377 owner or operator is incapacitated. unavailable. leaves the 378 procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at 379 the scene. or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the 380 vehicle. 381 382 383 11. 12. 02 Owner. operator and vehicle reaistration 384 provisions. 385 It shall be unlawful for any person. either as principal. aaent 386 or emplovee. to do anv private propertv or rotation towina without 387 havina