TOW EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
AND ROTATION SYSTEM FOR
LARGE VEHICLES
Ordinance No. 4318
ATTACHMENT NO. 2
ISSUES AT HAND
• Increase in large vehicles, including RVs, on City streets leads to reduced quality of life for residents and vi
sitors
• Ordinance No. 4315 was developed to address these quality of life issues • T owing and storing dilapidated large vehicles creates a burden on the tow franchise operators; the lien process and disposition is time consuming and can be costly for the tow franchise operator • The burden of towing and storing of large vehicles has led to inequitable distribution amongst the City’s tow franchise operators, because the present City Code language does not require vehicles capable of “heavy-duty” towing, and allows response refusals by tow franchise operators
HISTORY OF
• October 21st, 2002: City Council adopted Ordinance No. 3695 to amend Pomona City Code to provide for and specify means for the City to attain the best tow truck services for the City; thus establishing the T ow Service Franchise
• July 17th, 2013: City Council adopted Ordinance No. 4171 to reduce storage requirements from 200 to 100 vehicle spaces, clarified that vehicles were to be stored and released from the tow operators’ office location, and continued to require a qualification requirement that any tow franchise applicant have operated within Pomona for at least two years prior to applying for a City T ow Franchise • October 21
st, 2013: City Council adopted Ordinance No. 4176 which further reduced storage requirements from 100 to 75 vehicles, and changed the requirement that tow franchise operators had to operate in City for two years prior to application. The new requirement was operation for at least (4) years in California; or, (2) years as a contracted tow operator for a public agency • T o date, no amendments have been adopted related to equipment requirements or the tow rotation established in 2002.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ORDINANCE 4318
• Amends Pomona City Code 58- 676 (18) to require tow franchise operator applicants to have a heavy-duty w
recker, tilt-bed, or trailer, capable of towing Class-A recreational vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles. • Amends Pomona City Code 58-679(a) to establish a separate rotation system for the towing of heavy-duty/ recreational vehicle, and require tow franchise operator response while on-call for both rotational lists. • Amends Pomona City Code 58-679(b) to remove language that reserves the right to call an operator out of
order based on equipment requirements.
• These amendments promote an equitable distribution of burdensome vehicles amongst all tow franchise operators by requiring all companies possess vehicles capable of heavy-duty towing, establishing a second rotation system specifically for heavy-duty tows, and requiring response when requested.
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