A. No operator shall engage in business within the city or offer such service therein without first applying for and obtaining from the city’s finance department a “towing operator’s base license” and a “tow truck license” for each wrecker or towing truck operated by such operator. The annual fee for such licenses shall be established by resolution of the city council; provided that the expiration date for all such licenses shall be December 31st of each year, and should application be made for such license within thirty days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the annual license fee shall be prorated on the basis of the number of months remaining in the license year from the date of application for the license.

B. To operate a tow truck or storage business in the city, the operator must have locked, closed, covered storage on any vehicle valued at fifty dollars or more, the value to be set by the chief of police or an authorized officer; vehicles worth less than fifty dollars may be locked in a fenced enclosure. (Ord. 1262 §17, 2006; Ord. 666 §14, 1982; Ord. 145 §2, 1970).