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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operator must have a publicly listed telephone number which is answered 24 hours a day by the operator or an employee or agent of the operator. (b) The use by a participating storage facility operator of an answering machine is prohibited. The use of call forwarding is permitted only if the operator or the operator's employee or agent is on-call to allow the reclaiming of vehicles. (c) An operator of a participating storage facility that accepts vehicles from police-authorized tows must make the facility available to accept vehicles from police-authorized tows 24 hours a day and must make vehicles available for release 24 hours a day with one hour's notice. See. 90.278. Compliance with state vehicle storage facility requirements. Each operator of a participating storage facility must comply with the Vehicle Storage Facility Act and the Storage Facility Regulations with respect to all of the following: (1) Providing notices to vehicle owners and lienholders. (2) Maintaining documentation and records; all required documentation and records for a vehicle towed as police-authorized tows are to be made to the Chief of Police, City Marshal, Deputy Marshal or any police officer during the normal business hours of the facility. (3) Providing access to stored vehicles. (4) Securing and storage of vehicles. (5) Release and transfer of vehicles. (6) Disposal of vehicles. (7) Limitations on the amounts of fees. Sec. 90.279. Fees; forms of payment. (a) It is unlawful for an operator of a participating storage facility to charge any fee that is prohibited or not authorized by, or which exceeds a maximum fee set under, the Veheile Vehicle Storage Facility Act or the Storage Facility Regulations, in connection with the storage of a vehicle towed as a.police- authorized tow to the facility. (b) An operator of a participating storage facility must accept all of the following forms of payment for vehicle storage charges for a vehicle towed as a police-authorized tow: (1) Cash. (2) One party personal check. (3) Money order or traveler's check. (4) Credit card.