HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-39 - Amending Certain Sections of Chapter 5.15 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to Regulation of Newport Beach official Police Tow Truck ServiceORDINANCE NO. 87 -39
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
CHAPTER 5.15 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO REGULATION OF NEWPORT BEACH
OFFICIAL POLICE TOW TRUCK SERVICE.
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section l: Section 5.15.100(A) of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"Official police tow services must have at least eight
(8) rigs of one (1) ton capacity with rear -dual wheels. The
Police Department employee on the scene shall determine if
greater capacity is needed and may call upon any service capable
of providing that capacity regardless of whether or not said
company is within the City or whether it is their period of time
to receive police requests."
Section 2: Section 5.15.100(E) of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
is "At least one (1) truck to be equipped as a minimum
sixteen (16) ton capacity wrecker. Said truck must also be
equipped with a minimum of three hundred (300) feet of not less
than one -half inch (1/211) cable free from partial breaks or
knots."
Section 3: Section 5.15.110(F) of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows:
"Trucks must be equipped with red flares, lanterns or
reflectors, hand tools, crow bar, rope, broom, shovel, fire -
extinguisher (dry chemical type - minimum 10 B.C.), portable red
taillight and stop light for towed vehicles, equipment for
opening locked vehicles, safety chain, five (5) pounds of an
approved absorbent, and a two (2) ton capacity hydraulic floor
jack. Each tow company shall have at least one (1) set of
dollies readily available at all times and at least one (1) truck
capable of responding to a call within enclosed parking
structures with a clearance of not more than six feet, four
inches (61, 411)."
• Section 4: Section 5.15.110(S) shall be added to the
Newport Beach Municipal Code to read as follows:
"(S) A towing company may charge a lien sale fee as
provided by resolution and may begin lien sale proceedings after
five (5) days of storage."
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Section 5: This Ordinance was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on
• the 10th day of August , 1987, and adopted on the 24th
day of August , 1987, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Cox, Hart, Maurer,
Plummer, Sansone, Strauss, Turner
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
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