0573
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ORDINANCE NO.
573
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING WRECKER COMPANIES WHICH RECEIVE CALLS
FROM THE JACKSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADDING CHAPTER 5.32
OF THE JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE~ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
S~CTION 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code
of Jacksonville, Chapter 5.32 which is to read as follows:
Sections:
5.32.010
5.32.020
5.32.030
5.32.040
5.32.050
5.32.060
5.32.070
5.32.080
5.32.090
5.32.100
5.32.110
5.32.120
5.32.130
5.32.140
5.32.010
CHAPTER 5.32
WRECKER COMPANY REGULATIONS
Requirements.
Service.
Insurance, Storage area.
Maintenance.
Equipment.
Tools.
Request for Wrecker, False Notification.
Wrecker Availability.
Traffic Regulations.
Arrival Procedure.
Debris Removal.
Towing Records.
Unclaimed Vehicles.
Service Charges.
Requirements.
Each wrecker cOlll~any who wishes to receive requests for
services from the Jacksonville Police Department, except calls
that arise from the requests of owners of vehicles, must imme-
diately confoLlli to the following regulations and specifications,
as well as having paid its Jacksonville Privilege Tax. Failure
to so conform to these regulations and specifications will con-
stitute grounds for the summary removal of a wrecker company
from the Jacksonville Police Department call list of approved
wrecker companies.
5.32.020
Service.
Each company must provide twenty-four (24) hour contin-
uous service for the acceptance of vehicles and for requests
for service.
5.32.030
Insurance, Storage area.
Each company must have inG"o,ont.d!nuous effect , liability
insurance in sufficient amount to cover any claim against them
resulting from property damage or injury to persons occurring
while they are rendering service upon request of the Jacksonville
Police Department. FurtheLluore, each company must maintain a
lighted storage area surrounded by fencing adequate to prevent
entrance by unauthorized persons and must hold itself responsible
for any theft or vandalism to vehicles or other property within
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its care or control. Furthe1.111ore, each company must have
available for continuous storage use, an area which is secure
from entry by all unauthorized persons in which vehicles
stored for the pUL~ose of preserving evidence may be held.
5.32.040
Maintenance.
All wreckers must be in good mechanical condition,
must bear a current vehi~le-inspection certificate, and must
bear a proper commercial license.
5.32.050
Equipment.
All wreckers must be equ~pped with a fire extinguisher,
ABC type, of not less than 10 lbs. in size, and sufficient amber
lights, visible from both front and rear to warn approaching
traffic.
5.32.060
Tools.
Each wrecker shall be equipped with suffic~ent tools
and accessories to efficiently perfo1.~ its service.
5.32.070
Request for Wrecker, False Notification.
No wrecker (shall proceed to an accident scene ilinless
requested to do so by the Jacksonville Police Department or
the owner or driver of the wrecked vehicle. Should a wrecker
cOlll!Jany or any of its employees receive notification of an
accident from a source other than a police agency, it should
iUllllediately notify the proper police agency.
5.32.080
Wrecker Availability.
Each company must, upon request for service, either
make available, iUllllediately, a sui table wrecker and operator,
or else immediately inform the requesting party that no suit-
able wrecker is available, so that service may be obtained from
another comp~ny if necessary.
5.32.090
Traffic Regulations.
All wrecker operators shall obey all traffic regu~ations
unless otherwise direct~d by a police officer or police agency.
5.32.100
Arrival Procedure.
Upon arrival at an accident scene, the wrecker operator
will stand by and will not proceed to work on or remove any
vehicle until directed to do so by a Jacksonville police officer.
5.32.110
Debris Removal.
It will be the ~esponsibility of every wrecker operator
to remove or provide for the removal of all debtis from the
highway before leaving an accident scene.
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5.32.120
Towing Records.
Each company must maintain an adequate record of all
vehicles towed at the request of the Jacksonville Police
De~~rtment, such record to include the date, time, location,
make, model, license and serial numbers. Such records shall
be made available to the Jacksonville Police Depar~ment at
such times as any member therebID may request.
5.32.130
Unclaimed Vehicles.
All companies must comply with Section 4 of Act 380 of
1969, which requires the owner of any garage or any type of
storage of parking lot to report to the Jacksonville Police
Department the vehicles stored on their lot over thirty (30)
days and unclam.med. This does not include vehicles stored"tpby
arrangement by the owner and situations in which the legal
owner is personally known by the owner or operator of the
storage facility - Ark. Stat. 75-167.4.
5.32.140
Service Charges.
Service charges made by wrecker companies must be reason-
able in view of the service performed, the time of day that ser-
vice is performed, and the geographical location. Reasonableness
will be dete.L111ined by comparison of se rvice charges of a parti-
cular company with those of other wrecker compamies within the
same general area who perfOl-ill substantially the same services.
SECTION 2. All ordinances before mentioned are hereby
repealed to the extent of such oonflict.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS
7th DAY OF February
, 1980.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
EMERGENCY CLAUSE APPROVED AND ADOPTED. ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
NANCY GERREN, CITY CLERK