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AN ORDINANCE adopting a new Chapter 9.10 establishing a rotating roster
of qualiHcd towing operators to provide City authorized and City requested
towing services.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. New Chapter. A new Chapter 9.10,TOW TRUCK ROSTER, is adopted
to read as follows:
9.10.010 TOWING ROSTER. The Chief of Police shall establish a roster of
companies qualified to provide City authorized and City requested towing services. Any
towing company which meets the requirements set forth in BMC 9.10.020 shall, upon
request, be placed on the roster.
9.10.020 ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS. In order to be eligible to provide City
authorized and City requested towing to the City, a towing operator shall:
(a) Own and maintain within the City at least three (3) Class A tow trucks;
(b) Own and maintain within the City at least one (1) Class C tow truck;
(c) Maintain an impound lot located within the City of Bremerton and within one-
quarter mile of its business office;
(d) Maintain a business off'ice within the City manned and opened to
the public eight (8) hours per day and five (5) days per week;
provided, however, that during months when a particular towing
contractor is providing services to the City and one day thereafter
its business office shall be manned and opened to the public
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twenty-four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week; and
(e) Possess a valid City of Bremerton business license.
9.10.030 ROTATING ROSTER. Towing operators placed by the Chief of Police
on the roster maintained in accordance with BMC 9.10.010shall have the exclusive right to
provide City authorized and City requested tows; Provided, however, That the various
individual towing operators shall be granted such right on a rotating basis, for periods of
thirty (30) days; and Provided,further, That if during the towing operator's period of rotation
the City has need for towing services which the towing operator does not possess the
equipment to meet, the City may, at its option, request towing services from any towing
operator capable of meeting those needs.
9.10.040 ADDITIONS TO ROSTER. Towing operators which qualify for placement
upon the roster after the initial roster is established shall enter the rotation provided for in
BMC 9.10.030only after each operator on the roster has completed one additional month
in the rotation.
9.10.050 COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. All tow operators maintained on
the roster operated or created herein shall comply with requirements set forth in RCW
46.55. The failure of a contractor to comply with the requirements set forth therein shall
result in its name being stricken from the roster.
9.10.060 FEES. Fees charged by the towing operators to the City for City authorized
and City requested tows shall be those then in effect under the Washington State Patrol
towing contract with the exception that no additional fees will be charged for release of
property after regular business hours.
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Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days from
passage and publication.
~. q APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this / day of
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, ~PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton ~/~/. day of
ORTON, Council President
APPROVED this~dayof ~ ,]19~2. ~
LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
KA~THL~EEN Mc~~CL SKEY, Clerk
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