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Town of Oyster Bay, NY
Nassau County
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[Amended 11-27-1979; 12-11-1990; 6-13-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000; 6-27-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
A. 
Fees for the issuance of licenses or supplementary licenses shall be in the amount indicated in the Town of Oyster Bay Town Clerk Tow Car Fee Schedule as approved by the Town Board.
B. 
Owners from out of Town.
(1) 
Any tow car owner, provided that his principal place of business is not in the Town of Oyster Bay, who has obtained valid tow car licenses as set forth herein from a municipality within the County of Nassau granting the same privileges and pursuant to the same restrictions as set forth in § 221.53 herein to tow car owners licensed by the Town of Oyster Bay shall be exempt from the fee provisions set forth herein and shall pay the filing fees for reciprocal licenses, which shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time the application is filed and shall be in the amount indicated in the Town of Oyster Bay Town Clerk Tow Car Fee Schedule as approved by the Town Board.
(2) 
Upon payment of the above fee and issuance of said unrestricted reciprocal license, a tow car owner is entitled to be placed on the towing list of the Town of Oyster Bay.
(3) 
The fee payable under this section shall be a filing fee and not refunded if a license is not issued.
The Town Clerk shall keep a record of the name and address of each person to whom a tow car owner's license has been issued under this chapter, showing the date and number of such license and all renewals, suspensions and revocations thereof, and a record of each tow car licensed hereunder stating the make, model, year of manufacture, New York State registration number and motor number thereof, and the name and address of the person owning said tow car and a record of each driver's license issued hereunder showing the name and address of such driver, his New York State operator's license number, his driver's license issued hereunder and the date of issuance of such driver's license.
Every vehicle operated within the Town as a tow car shall be kept mechanically fit, of good appearance and in a good, safe condition for towing.
The Town Clerk shall establish reasonable rules and regulations for the inspection of tow cars operated upon the streets of the Town.