§ 6.80.535. License—Fees, expiration, transfer and display.

A.

A license issued by the commission to any person permitting such person to operate an emergency wrecker service shall be issued for a period of one year at a fee established by the commission based on the volume of emergency towing operations performed within the emergency service zone. A decal for each emergency wrecker shall be issued by the commission for a period of one year at a fee of one hundred dollars per vehicle.

B.

A license issued hereunder shall not be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without commission approval and shall expire immediately upon the licensee terminating the emergency wrecker service or upon revocation by the commission.

C.

A current license issued by the commission shall be prominently and conspicuously displayed at all times upon the premises from which the licensee operates his emergency wrecker service.

D.

No licensee shall operate a wrecker or automobile used for towing purposes to remove vehicles from any street, alley, road, highway or thoroughfare or property, whether public or private, located within the area of the metropolitan government or for towing vehicles over the streets, alleys, roads, highways and thoroughfares within the area of the metropolitan government unless a license decal is obtained from the commission annually for each such wrecker or automobile.

(Ord. BL2004-435 § 1, 2005; Ord. BL2000-247 §§ 18, 19, 2000; Ord. 96-612 § 1 (part), 1996)