It shall be unlawful for any person to drive along any street
or bridge in the Village of Mineola and solicit towing work. Solicitation
of towing work by the operator or other occupant of a tow car while
parked on any street or bridge is also prohibited. A tow car operator
shall not proceed to the scene of a disabled motor vehicle without
having been requested or notified to do so by the owner or his or
her authorized representative or the police. Responding to a call
merely upon notification from gas station attendants, taxicab drivers
or other unauthorized persons shall be considered in violation of
this provision.
The owner or driver of any disabled motor vehicle shall have
the right to require the services of any available licensed tow car.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver or helper of any licensed
tow car to refuse to render such services if such owner or driver
of such disabled motor vehicle is able and willing to pay the fee
prescribed in the schedule of prices filed by the owner of such tow
car with the Village Clerk, unless it is physically impossible for
such tow car to tow such disabled motor vehicle or the tow car is
engaged in other work.
Licensed tow car owners, drivers and helpers, when required,
shall answer all communications received from the Village Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, driver or helper to refuse
to surrender a license or licenses to the Village Clerk upon demand
after such license or licenses have been suspended, revoked or expired.
It shall be unlawful for any person to demand or receive any
payment in excess of the maximum charges permitted by this chapter
or shown on the schedule filed by the owner with the Village Clerk.
