[Amended 1-14-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in towing for hire within the Town of Huntington without first securing
a license from the Town Clerk for the category of business to be conducted,
as follows:
A. Class A: General. A lawful terminal, whether located within the Town
or elsewhere, may be issued such a license for the general purposes
of responding to calls for assistance directly from owners and/or
operators of vehicles needing transport to any destination.
B. Class B: Police Response. A lawful depot, located within the Town,
may be issued such a license for the purposes of responding to calls
for assistance either from Police or directly from owners and/or operators
of vehicles needing transport to any destination, or for private enforcement
purposes.
[Amended 1-14-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
Licensees are responsible for ensuring that
they, and their employees and operators (as applicable), take such
training course as may be prescribed, from time to time, by any applicable
laws, specifically designed to educate and familiarize them with customary
safety standards. Evidence of satisfactory completion of such courses
shall be filed with the license application. Current licensees shall
file proof that such courses are regularly attended and/or have been
satisfactorily completed.
These regulations are mandatory and are the
responsibility of licensees as to owners, vehicles, operators and/or
employees during all times and operations of the business.
A. Compliance, generally. Licensees shall be in compliance
with this chapter and all other applicable laws, including but not
limited to those concerning vehicles, traffic and parking.
B. Business changes. Licensees shall report to the Town
Clerk, within seven (7) days, any changes regarding business location
or designee for process of service or other legal notices.
C. Business facilities.
(1) License related. Licensees shall maintain a legally permitted [terminal
and those further facilities required for the category of license
they hold, as follows:] depot, and a legally permitted public garage
or automotive body or repair shop or service station within the Town.
In the case of a Class B license, the depot and the garage, shop,
or service station must be at the same location.
[Amended 1-14-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
(2) Proprietorship. Licensees shall provide proof of ownership
of said facilities or a written lease agreement therefor with a term
at least as long as the term of their license. In no event shall a
licensee occupy or share the same premises with another towing business.
(3) Signage. Licensees shall maintain clearly visible
signs to adequately identify their business location, in compliance
with the Zoning Code of the Town of Huntington.
D. Rates. Licensees shall file with the Town Clerk a
copy of their Schedule of Rates for posting on the back of the certificate
of operation for each vehicle of the business and at their terminals,
exhibiting maximum rates set forth in this chapter and additional
rates for services not restricted herein.
E. Identification devices. Licensees shall post all identification
devices as prescribed in this chapter and shall report to the Town
Clerk, within twenty-four (24) hours, loss, theft, mutilation, marring
or alteration of any such devices.
F. Written logs. Licensees shall maintain all written
logs as prescribed in this chapter.
These activities are unlawful and are the responsibility
of licensees as to owners, vehicles, operators and/or employees during
all times and operations of the business.
A. Noncompliance, generally. Licensees shall not be in
violation of this chapter or any other applicable laws, including
but not limited to those concerning vehicles, traffic and parking.
B. Attention-seeking devices. Licensees, or persons on
their behalf, shall not use loudspeakers, noisemaking and/or other
attention-seeking devices upon any street, road, highway, alley, park
or other public place within the Town for the purpose of attracting
attention to solicitation of business or for any other purpose, unless
specifically required by law.
[Amended 1-14-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
C. Brokering or selling of repair jobs. Licensees, or
persons in their employ or on their behalf, shall not broker or sell
repair jobs for vehicles their business has towed, and in no event
shall they receive consideration of any kind for recommending or forwarding
such a vehicle to another party for repair.
D. Invalid documents. Licensees shall not allow operation
of any vehicles of the business while requisite Town, state or federal
documents of any nature are not in effect, have expired or been suspended
or revoked, as they apply to owners, vehicles or operators.
[Amended 1-14-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
E. Solicitation of business. Licensees shall not allow
operation of any vehicles of the business for the purpose of soliciting
towing work and shall not monitor, neither directly nor indirectly,
the police radio of the Suffolk County Police Department for said
purpose.
F. Unauthorized uses. Licensees shall not allow use of
their license or any vehicles of the business by any unauthorized
person.