Ord 2024-031 amending Chapter 90, Article 4, Wreckers, of the San Marcos City Code for the purposes of modifying signage requirements, placing responsibility for administering the wrecker rotation system with the city marshal

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(f) All required insurance certificates must name the city as an additional insured. (g) Rotation wrecker services must ensure speedy and appropriate adjustment of all claims made under required insurance coverages. (h) Each rotation wrecker service must hold the city harmless from all claims, actions and lawsuits for personal injury or property damage arising in connection with services provided by the wrecker service. Each rotation wrecker service is solely responsible for all vehicles towed by the service's wreckers, and for all property inside the vehicles. See. 90.245. Availability of rotation wrecker services. (a) Each rotation wrecker service must be available to respond to police department calls on a 24-hour per day basis and must respond to any location within the city within 30 minutes after being notified by the police department. (b) The ehief of poll City Marshal is authorized to promulgate, implement and enforce policies for summoning wreckers from rotation wrecker services on a rotating basis for police-authorized tows. See. 90.246. Suspension from rotation system. (a) The ehief of poll City Marshal may suspend a rotation wrecker service from the rotation system for any violation of this article or any policy adopted by the Chief of Police or City Marshal under authority of this article, or for any criminal offense committed by the service or by any driver, employee or agent of the service, in the course of providing services under this article,whether or not the services are being performed as part of a rotation system call. The decision of the ehief of poli City Marshal on a suspension is final. (b) If a rotation wrecker service fails to pay any city ad valorem or sales taxes, or any fines,fees,or other amounts due the city in a timely manner,the ehief of police City Marshal will suspend the wrecker service from the rotation system until the taxes are paid. (c) The term of any suspension not specifically provided for in the violation and penalty matrix for this article shall be for a period determined by the Chief of pollee City Marshal not to exceed 90 days. (d) The ehief of pol Parking Coordinator will notify a rotation wrecker service of suspension from the rotation system either by confirmed fax, email, or phone call of and by certified mail,return receipted requested. The suspension becomes effective upon feeeipt4y+�,^ notification of the service by fax, email, or phone call.