Ordinance No. 3,056Publ isYaed Tuesday Tarsuary 13 , 1951 1108 -3
T h u r s d a y J a n u a r y 1 S 1 9 8 1
ORD I NA N C E N O _ 3 0 S 6
AN O RD I N A N C E A M IH: ND I NG CHAP T E R 6, " AUTO WR E C K ER S AN D
TOWING VEHICLE S '• OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE S O F THE C 1 TY
OF B AY TOWN S E TT I NG M A X I MUM F E E S FO1. TOWI N G S E RV CE S;
P RE S C R I B S N G P E N A LT T E S �'O R V I O LAT I ON P ROV I D I NG A
R E PE A L 11114 G C LA LT S E C QNT A I N I N G A S A V I NG S C L AU S E AND
P ROV 1113 I NG FOR T H E P U S L I C A T= ON AND E F F E C T I VE DATE HE RE OF
B E I T ORDA I NE D 13-15L, T H E C T T-V- COLSN C I L OF TH E C 1 TY O F
Sect ion 1 That Chapter 6 , "Auto Wrecl-- a jr- s grid TQWA rag
Vehicles'• > of tree Code of Orcliraances of the City of Baytown
i s h e r e 1=>:57 am e n d e d b y t h e r e p e a l o f S e c_ 6— 1 S, C A C 1 , C A
C A C 3: > C A i C 4] arzd C A 3 C ], Perrriissi7�la fees and charges , as
present - y earist i toted , and by the ac3c�pt -L c- >n caf nPw SPC- t z ons
6 -1S CAS C 1 > > CA C 2 > C -AL 7 C 3 > > CA J C 4 and CAS C 53 , that slaa1-IL
r e a d a s f o 1 1 CD. s
S e c_ 6— 1 8_ P e rm i s s i b l e f e e s g ri d c h a r g er s_
C A )o C 1 �o The starada..rd charge for a "normal tow" f rom
the seems of the accident or from public or
p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y i n t h e c i t y l i m i t s o f B a y t o w ri
t o t h e p l a c e o f b u s i n e s s o f t h e wr e c-- lc- e r
o p e r a t o r, o r o t h e r l o c a t i o n w i 1 1 ra o f e x c e e d
F o r t y F i v e C$ 4 E> _ 0 0> Do M a r s_ T h i s c h a r g e
wi11 apply eitYaer day or night , holidays , or
S u n d ay s_
If the owraer of the vehicle being towed
specifies , at the scene of the accident , that
the veYaicle is to be towed to a place of
YiusiraesEn; which , at that time , is not opera for
business or Yeas no ono ore daxty I-- receive the
wr e c k e d v e h i c l e, t her e m ay b e a ri a d d i t i o n a l
c h a r g e o f S e v e n Do H e r s 8i 5 0/ 0 0 c e n t s C$
for -transferring the vehicle to the spec ifiecl
l o c a t i o n a s s o o n a s t h a t p l a c e o f b u s i n e s s i s
o p e n f o r b u s i n e s s_
I £ the owner o1 the vel-aicle bezrig towed
r e q u fi r e s t h e v e h i c l e t o b B mo v e d o r t r a n s-
tarrecl and rao location had beera specified by
laim art tYae scene of the accident , there may
be an additional charge of Fifte ED. ra f $1-s _ c) C>
Do 1 l a r s_
For trarasferrirag the vaYaicle within the city
1 i m 1- -U s a n o rma 1 t ow i s d o ti n e d a s p i c k i n g u p
tYae veYaicle or moving and towing the vBlaicle
from the scerae of an accident or from public
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or private property to a location. There
will be no additional charges to disengage
one vehicle from another, as this will be
considered part of a normal tow when the
vehicles are moved from the street.
(2) An additional charge may be made for the
following additional labor that is not re-
quired in a normal tow, to -wit:
(a) An additional charge, not to exceed
Twenty ($20.00) Dollars, may be made for a
winch pull and /or rollover in those cases
where two (2) separate pulls with the wrecker's
winch line are actually required.
(b) An additional charge, not to exceed
Twenty ($20.00) Dollars, may be made for
disconnecting and connecting the drive
shaft, or for other exceptional labor.
(3) A charge not
Dollars, may
"airplane" a
pletely pull
wrecker. Th
and no other
made.
to exceed Sixty Five ($65.00)
be made when it is required to
wrecker vehicle; i.e., to com-
the wrecked vehicle upon the
is charge shall be all inclusive,
charge may be imposed when it is
(4) Except in the event of an airplane charge,
the maximum charge for any and all tows from
the scene of an accident in the city limits
shall be Eighty Five ($85.00) Dollars, not
including transfer fees.
(5) A charge not to exceed Four ($4.00) Dollars
per day may be made for the storage of wreck-
ed vehicles. A "day" shall mean a twenty --
four -hour period beginning at the time the
vehicle enters the storage yard.
Section 2: Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, and each violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only
to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
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Section 4: If any provision, section exception, subsec-
tion, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances,
shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end
all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect from and
after ten (10) days after its passage by the City Council.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by
causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the
official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice
within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the Sth day
of January , 1981.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, Cit3f Clerk
APPROVED:
O. HUT-O, Mayor
RANDALL B. STRONG, City 7 rney
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