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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Consent tow means the towing of a motor vehicle with the consent of the vehicle owner or lienholder. Motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle. Non-consent tow means the towing of a motor vehicle without the consent of the vehicle owner. Parking facility has the meaning given that term in the Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 2308, as amended. Parking facility owner has the meaning given that term in the Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 2308, as amended. Participating storage facility means a private vehicle storage facility that accepts vehicles towed as police-authorized tows. Police-authorized tow means a non-consent tow of a motor vehicle from a police scene with the authorization of a police officer. Police scene means: (1) A place at which an accident has occurred that is subject to investigation by a police officer; (2) A place at which a police officer has discovered a stolen vehicle; (3) A place at which a vehicle has been abandoned in a roadway; (4) A place where a custodial arrest by a police officer has taken place; or (5) Any other place at which a vehicle is subject to removal or impoundment by a police officer pursuant to law. Principal person, with respect to a wrecker service registration, means (1) The individual who owns the wrecker service, if the owner is an individual; (2) Each partner owning an interest in the wrecker service, if the owner is a partnership; (3) Each officer of the corporation that owns the wrecker service, if the owner is a corporation; and (4) The manager of the wrecker service. Rotation system means the system established under division 2 of this article that provides for the summoning of wreckers to perform police-authorized tows. Rotation wrecker service means a wrecker service that holds a current valid registration for placement in the rotation system. Storage facility means a private vehicle storage facility that accepts vehicles towed as non-consent tows originating in the city limits. Storage facility regulations means the state Vehicle Storage Facility Act, 43 T.A.C. Section 18.80 et seq., as amended.