10.58.060 – Business operation

1. Business Location and Storage Lot:

1.  Primary business location - LIst location of primary business operation, including dimensions and types of facilities avaialable.

2.  Storage Lot - List location of storage lot(s), zoning classifications, dimensions thereof, relationship to primary business operatoin, proof of ownership or signed lease agreement, valid for one year, and the type of protection at said lot(s).

3.  Minimum business and storage lot requirements:

a. Business and storage:  The business and storage lot must be within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the City of St. Charles and must be a reasonable distance from public transportation and the storage lot; must be in close proximity to the place of business; and the storage area, if not located within a building, must be located in an M-1 Manufacturing District or have the right to the use of the subject property consistent with permitted uses of and M-1 District; provided, that if siad area is located on a premise where an already existing principal use authorizes the storage of cars and trucks in the open as accessory to said principal use, the storage lot must have adequate storage space (at least (50) feet by one hundred (100) feet or equivalent area) to accomodate thirty (30) cars either under cover or well fenced.  The firm must exercise ordinary care in keeping stored vehicles and contents safe from pilfering as may be required by a bailee or as otherwise required by law. 

2. Experience - List number of years and locations of participation in similar police towing services, together with any commendations or written complaints received from governmental agencies in conduct of said business within the last five (5) years.
3. Stability - State business activities of firm aside from participation in police towing activities.
4. Attendants and Drivers - List the names, addresses, driver’s license number, and classification of all attendants and drivers who will conduct the police towing service, as well as number of years employed, training received by said attendants and drivers, and experience of said personnel in the conduct of said business.
5. Equipment - Describe available equipment to be used in police towing services, particularly in terms of comparative qualities of capacities as related to minimum eligibility requirements.
6. Communications - Describe the method of operation of the communications system between the place of business and operating tow trucks, as well as the means utilized for insuring prompt dispatch of trucks upon receipt of call from the Police Department.
7. Other Facilities and Personnel Available - List all provisions for recordkeeping, backup personnel and auxiliary services which might be required to effectively carry out a high level of service to the public in the business of tow truck operations.
8. Business Location and Storage Lot:
   1. Primary business location - List location of primary business operation, including dimensions and types of facilities available.
   2. Storage lot - List location of storage lot(s), zoning classifications, dimensions thereof, relationship to primary business operation, proof of ownership or signed lease agreement, valid for one year, and the type of protection at said lot(s).
   3. 'Minimum business and storage lot requirements:
      
      1. Business and storage: The business and storage lot must be a reasonable distance from public transportation and the storage lot; must be in close proximity to the place of business; and the storage area, if not located within a building, must be located in an M-1 Manufacturing District or have the right to the use of the subject property consistent with permitted uses of an M-1 District; provided, that if said area is located on a premise where an already existing principal use authorizes the storage of cars and trucks in the open as accessory to said principal use, the storage lot must have adequate storage space (at least fifty (50) feet by one hundred (100) feet or equivalent area) to accommodate thirty (30) cars either under cover or well fenced. The firm must exercise ordinary care in keeping stored vehicles and contents safe from pilfering as may be required by a bailee or as otherwise required by law.
      2. Hours: There shall be an attendant on call, capable of responding to police requests for towing or for the release of vehicles twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, as well as to be present or available for the release of vehicles to the public, from 0600 hours to 2200 hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
      3. Records:  Each garage shall keep a record of the vehicle and license number; date and time it was towed; location from which it was towed; name of officer ordering the towing; and whether the vehicle was impounded or towed at the owner's request.