Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-24-06 Workshop — reading text

the of ether law eRf-ore me1' 1t ageney. 11'1 ease eRfer eme1'1t ageneies 69 reEJ.uesting pull in services, eJ( pe1'1SeS iI16Urrea shall Be the respeRsil3ility of that age1'1ey. 70 b) Reta- tio1'1 wreekers shall Be autherizea, at the aireetioR of the floliee aepartme11' t, to 71 to':; the fellowiRg 'lehieles te their respeeti'; e sterage areas er a 10catie1'1 designated by the 72 owner/ eperator: 73 1) :\ ny vehie1e ':: here the ariyer has BeeR arrestea But the vehiele is 1'1et seizea a1'1d 74 aees 1'1Ot have eviae1'1tiary value; 75 2) Wreekea vehicles as preyidea i1'1 this ehapter; and 76 3) .^. banae1'1ed yehieles. 77 e) Reeoyery ef tev; i1'1g expeRses by retatie1'1 wreckers shall be in ae erda1'1ee with f.S. 78 713. 7S and this ehapter. 79 a) The city shall not be held aeeeuRtal3le liaBle fer or a1'1Y eJcpenses i1'1eur ea by a 80 to'.viRg e fil3a1'1y, eJwept as outli1'1ea i1'1 this ehapter. 81 Code 19S5, ~ SS6. 02; Ora. Ne. 653. 3, 1 10 S1; Ora. No. 971, 12 S S7; Ora. Ne. 12S3, ~ 82 1, 5 9 95; Ora. No. 1557, ~ 3, S 1203) 83 84 See. 3 S 1. Oeupatienl e1' 1se a1'1d permit required. 85 a) No ' tlreeker operater er ' Nreeker ser' liee shall Be engagea as a rotatie1'1 \'.' reeker or 86 e01'1traeted './- reeker i1'1 the eity er offer sueh serviee iR the eity, e1'1 publie er private 87 property, v: ithout first obtaiRi11' g aR oeeupational lieeRse and permit, therefore, as 88 pro'; ided in this section. 89 b) The poliee aepartme11' t shall ha'; e aHtherity to revie\'; ':; reeker permit ap licatio11' s 90 a1'1d issue the v; reeker permit fer the operatien ef retatio11' aRa eeRtraeted \'.'reekers vi thi1'1 91 the eity a rotatioR wreeker permit authorizing the operatien ef a retatieR '.vreeker a1'1 the 92 streets of the eity shall Rot be issuea uRless the '. vreeker prepesed to be usea eemplies 93 with the mi1'1imum requiremeRts as set f-orth i1'1 the applicatioR. 94 e) 11'1 additioR te a liee1'1se autheriz1'1g a business te e1'1gage in the retatio1'1 a1'1a eeRtraet 95 vreeker business, there shall also be issuea a wrecker permit fer eaeh appre' led 'l/reeker 96 vehiele BY the lieensee. Eaeh permit for a '.\'reeker oV/fled vehie1e shall state that sueh 97 wrecker has Bee1'1 iRspeeted ana approved u1'1der the aire tio11' of the peliee departme1'1t 98 a1'1d the permit shall be affixea seeurely te the i1'1siae af the wiRdshiela of the appropriate 99 reeker vehiele. The i1'1spe tio1' 1 fee shall Be established by eeuReil resolutio1'1 up011' 100 re am e1' datieR BY the eity maRager. Ne '.vreeker permit shall Be transf-era le, and e'; ery 101 wreeker permit shall eKpire at 12: 00 mid1'1ight 01'1 Septemaer 30 ef the fiseal year i1'1 102 vhieh it is issll:ea. Toni L.Craig Page 2 1/19/ 2006  A. 103 a) . pplieatieRs fer a ,<,;reeker permit shall be made upOfl a form prepared afld made 104 available by the peliee department, upeR presefltatien ef reeeipt f-er paymeRt ef the 105 oeeupatienallieeflse. 106 e) This ehapter shall only apply te retatieR ','; reekers ami eeRtraeted \ vreekers 107 conduetiflg busiRess iR the city. 108 Code 19& 5, ~ SS6. 03; Ord. Ne. 653, 6 S 76; Ord. ~ re. 653. 2, 7 27 SI; Ord. No. 933, 4 109 2S S7; Ord. No. 12S3, ~ 2, 5 9 95; Ord. No. 1557, ~ 4, S 12 03) 110 111 See. 3 S 5. OperatieR ef wreckers; v.'ree1~ er seleetiofl. 112 a) If the OWfler or eperater ef a vehicle iflvoh' ed ifl afl aeeiaent er eellisieR is 113 physieally uRable to aesignate a desired wreeker company er aeeliRes te aesignate ene, 114 the ifl'lestigatiflg effieer shall eommunieate that faet immediately te poliee 115 eemmuRieatiofls. The peliee aepartmeflt shall keep a master r0tatiefl list, iR alphabetieal 116 erder, ef all '. vreeker eempaflies partieipatiRg iR the wreeker fetatiofl program. 01'1 117 reeei': iflg the first eomlrnmieatiofl, the mieatieRs effieer reeeiviflg such eemm\: 118 traRsmissiefl at peliee headquarters shall eall the first ,<,. reeker eempaflY 01'1 the rotatiefl 119 list te te'.v the disablea ' lehie1e. If a wreeker beleRgiRg te the \\' reeker eempaflY receiviflg 120 the eeInmunieatiofl fails te arril' e at the sceRe ef afl aeeideflt '.': ithin 35 miflutes, the 121 iRvestigatiRg offieer shall notify poliee eommunieatiens. The first ':,'reeker eompaflY 122 ealled shall be eaReelled aRd the Rext wreeker eempaRY efl the rotatioR list shall be 123 eallea. The \'' reeker e0mpaflY \ vhose eall '.':as eaneellea shall be placed ifllast positiofl 01'1 124 the rotatiofl list afld a Rotatiofl of faihlre te respeRd shall be reeorded as a remark. 11'1 each 125 sueeeeding eOmrFl :nieatieR of the iflability er refusal ef the eWRer er eperator to 126 desigRate a '. vreeker, the next eompaRY en the list shall be eallea, afld preper flotatioR of 127 eaeh sueh eall shall be made efl the master list. Six ( 6) failures to respofld to the 128 dispatehed loeatien '1: ithifl 35 miflutes ...;ithifl a 12 meRth felling periea will eOflstitute a 129 yiolatiefl ef this ehapter afla may be grouRds for diseiplinary aetieR as pfeviaea fer iR 130 seetiefl 3S 2 . 131 b) No wreeker eperater shall f-olow aRY ambulanee, peliee ear or ....' I'eeker whieh is 132 trayeliflg eR a publie street ifl respeflse to a report of aR aHtomobile eellisieR er aeeiaeflt 133 or the purpese ef solieitiRg busifless. f- 134 e) No persefl shall arive a ....'reeker to er fleaI' the seefle ef afl aeeiaeflt er eellisiefl efl 135 the streets ef the eity f-or the purposes of selieitiRg business uRless sl:leh persoR has beeR 136 ealled te the seeRe by the police departmeRt; pr0' lided, hewe'ler, whefl it is Reeessary to 137 pre': eRt aeath erbodily iflju1'Y to aRY perseR iRvelvea iR aR aeeiaeflt 0r eellisieR, the 138 prebibitieR ehhis subseetieR shall be iRapplieable. 139 d) ' Nhefl a peliee effieer iflvestigatiflg afl aeeideflt determiRes that a vehiele ,.... hieh has 140 been im' el'lea iR a eollisiofl or aeeident upen a pal3lie street is unable te preeeea safely 141 uRder its own er, 81' . vhen the e\ yner or operator thereof is physieally unable to drive p8\/ 142 sueh vehiele, sueh offieer shall request the e'.': Rer er eperater te aesignate the wreeker 143 eompaflY that he or she desires to remove the vehiele. ' Nhefl the eWRer er eperater has 144 desigRated the wreeker compaflY desired, the police offieer shall cemHluflieate that faet 145 immediately te peliee eommunieatioRs, afld it shall be the duty of the eommuflieatioRs 146 offieer receiviflg sueh inforrnatieR te eall the aesigRated eempaRY te seRa a v.'I'eeker te 147 the seeRe ef the aecideflt or eollisiofl. . A. flY ...ireeker respondiflg to aeeideRt sceRes shall 148 fulfill all requiremeflts of seetioR 3 S 6( 5) of this