HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-073 - Vehicle towsBill No. 2009- 73 Ordinance No. 2009-73
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 OF THE MUNCIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES ON ARREST, TO
PROVIDE FOR REGULATION OF TOW VEHICLES AT THE SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT
WHEREAS, Chapter 375 of the Municipal Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri
provides procedures on arrest; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri have determined
that it is in the best interests of the City and its residents to include provisions regulating the
operation of tow vehicles at the scene of an accident.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Boazd of Aldermen of the City of
Riverside, Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 375 of the Municipal Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri is
hereby amended to include the following additional provisions:
SECTION 375.080: TOW VEHICLES AND ACCIDENT SCENE
A. No owner of a tow vehicle or tow vehicle operator shall:
1. Stop, stand or pazk a tow vehicle at a location where an accident has occun•ed to
solicit business unless:
(a) The owner of a tow vehicle or tow vehicle operator has been requested by
the police officer in chazge at the location where an accident has occurred;
or
(b) The owner of a tow vehicle or tow operator has been requested by one of
the operators, owner, or agent of the vehicles involved in the accident; or
(c) The owner of a tow vehicle or tow operator has been requested by the
dispatcher of the police officer in charge at the location where an accident
has occurred.
2. Remain at a location where an accident has occurred aRer being directed to leave
by a police officer.
3. Fail to provide any police officer, upon request, at the location where an accident
has occurred with the name and telephone number of the person requesting the
tow truck operator, or the police officer's name and serial number requesting the
tow truck operator or the dispatcher's name and serial number requesting the tow
truck operator.
B. Failure by the owner of a tow vehicle or tow vehicle operator to provide the police
officer's name and serial number or the police officer's dispatchers name and serial number or
the name and telephone number of the operator of the vehicle involved in the traffic accident
requesting the tow truck operator to be present at the scene of the accident to any police officer
shall be prima facie evidence that the owner of a tow vehicle or tow vehicle operator had not
been requested to stop, stand or pazk a tow vehicle at a location where an accident occurred.
SECTION 375.090: SOLICITATION OF TOW BUSINESS
No person shall, while at the scene of a fire or traffic accident, solicit any person for the
purpose of procuring towing business or authorization or for an agreement for hire or for a fee to
tow, lift, extract, or push any vehicle, nor any engine starting, nor any roll back pick up or
recovery, nor transportation of any vehicle.
Section 2. The sections, paragraphs, clauses, and phrases of the Ordinance aze
severable and if any portion of the Ordinance is declazed unlawful by the valid judgment, decree,
or injunction order of a court of competent jurisdiction, such ruling shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of the Ordinance and all
provisions of the Ordinance not specifically declazed to be unlawful shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 3. This Ordinance overrides any conflicting provision or regulation within
the Municipal Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
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Passed this ~ ___- day of X2009.
Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
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