§ 60A-7. Rules and regulations.

A. 

All towing services placed on the towing list shall be available to respond to a call in accordance with the towing rotation schedule of on-call status established by the Chief of Police or Public Safety Director.

B. 

All towing services shall respond to a call in any part of the Borough within 45 minutes. If a towing service does not respond within 45 minutes of a call, the towing service next on the list shall be called and entitled to provide services as needed, and the first towing service shall lose any claim to compensation.

C. 

All drivers and operators of towing vehicles shall be properly licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the State of New Jersey and are subject to driver's license checks by the Borough Police Department at the time of registration and at least on an annual basis thereafter. All towing vehicles shall be properly registered and inspected in accordance with any applicable law.

D. 

All vehicles must be towed in a safe manner.

E. 

All towing services shall be capable of providing reasonable roadside services to disabled vehicles, such as but not limited to jump-starting, changing of flat tires, and providing fuel. Such services will only be performed if they can be done so safely, as determined by the police officer on the scene. All towing services shall charge only reasonable rates for such roadside services. Charging of excessive fees for roadside services shall be grounds for the removal of a towing service from the rotating list.

F. 

All towing services shall make available a copy of their basic rates and provide a business card to all owners and operators of motor vehicles which will be towed.

G. 

All towing services shall keep accurate records of all motor vehicles towed and stored at the direction of the Borough Police Department. A copy of such records shall be provided to the Borough upon request.

H. 

Towing services shall not remove any motor vehicle which has been abandoned or involved in an accident in any public roadway without first notifying the Borough Police Department.

I. 

The Police Department shall not call a towing service to remove a vehicle from private property. The Police Department shall provide property owners with all available information regarding the ownership of motor vehicles on their property, and the property owners will then be responsible for making their own arrangements to remove the vehicles.

J. 

The towing service shall notify the Police Department of all vehicles found by the towing service to have been abandoned and not claimed within 14 days after being stored. The Police Department shall, upon notification, expeditiously process the vehicles in accordance with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Code concerning abandoned and unclaimed motor vehicles.