Kansas City |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 76. VEHICLES FOR HIRE |
Article III. TOW VEHICLES |
Division 1. GENERALLY |
§ 76-292. Miscellaneous.
(a)
The tow service business, at all times, is responsible for the conduct of their business and the acts and conduct of their employees and subcontractors which is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the director.
(b)
The tow service business, at all times, is responsible for all tow vehicles and the tow vehicles are maintained in a clean and serviceable condition and in adequate repair.
(c)
No tow vehicle operator shall engage in cruising.
(d)
No tow vehicle operator shall invite or permit loitering within or near their tow vehicle.
(e)
No tow vehicle operator shall seek employment by repeatedly driving their vehicle to and from in a short space on any highway or otherwise interfering with the proper and orderly progress of traffic along a pubic highway.
(f)
No tow vehicle operator shall report for another operator's tow.
(g)
No tow vehicle operator shall solicit or attempt to divert prospective patrons of an emergent tow.
(h)
No tow vehicle operator shall solicit or divert prospective patrons at a given garage in the city to any other garage.
(i)
No tow vehicle operator shall solicit, demand or receive from any person, any pay or commission or emolument whatsoever except the proper fare for transporting the city or emergent tow in accordance with the schedule of charges as determined by the director.
(j)
All registration numbers shall promptly report all changes of address to the director.
(k)
A tow vehicle operator shall not remove a vehicle involved in an accident in which a person has been killed or seriously injured unless such vehicle has been released by a law enforcement officer.
(Ord. No. 120271, § 1, 3-29-12; Ord. No. 180606 , § 1, 12-20-18)