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service or facility, or by the chief of police related to excessive charges for any police-authorized tow, non-consent tow, drop fee show up fee or any other act or omission that the chief of police or designee deems to be an alleged violation of any provision of Chapter 90, Article 4 of the San Marcos City Code. The response must be in writing t_o the person complaining with a copy to the chief of police, and must be sent within ten days of receipt of the complaint. (d) The chief of police will determine the propriety of the charges and shall also determine if there is probable cause to charge the rotation wrecker service or storage facility with a violation of any provision of Chapter 90, Article 4 of the San Marcos City Code. (e) The chief of police may suspend a rotation wrecker service or participating storage facility for a period of up to 90 days upon the police chief's determination that the service or facility violated any provision of Chapter 90, Article 4 of the San Marcos City Code. Sec. 90.253. Records. (a) Each rotation wrecker service must maintain records of services provided under this article for at least one year. The service must make the records available for inspection upon request by the chief of police. (b) Police department communications personnel will maintain an activity log of calls made on the rotation system for a period of at least one year. Sec. 90.254 - 90.269. Reserved. 0 DIVISION 3. PARTICIPATING STORAGE FACILITIES Sec. 90.270. Registration required for participating storage facilities. (a) It is unlawful for a wrecker driver who performs a police-authorized tow to tow the vehicle to any location other than a participating storage facility, unless a police officer directs the driver to tow the vehicle to a different location, or authorizes the driver to tow the vehicle to a location directed by the vehicle owner. (b) The operator of a private vehicle storage facility must register with the chief of police to become a participating storage facility and accept vehicles towed as police-authorized tows. To register, an operator must submit a fully completed registration form to the chief of police. The registration form must contain, at a minimum, all of the following information regarding the operator and the storage facility: (1) The business name, address, telephone number and fax number. (2) The normal business hours. (3) The name and telephone number of the person designated by the operator for taking after- hours calls. (c) The registration form must be accompanied by all of the following. 11