Sec. 804.1202. - Application for rotating wrecker call list; fees and grounds for removal from rotating wrecker call list.

(a) All wrecker and towing firms, companies or corporations licensed to conduct business within the City may apply annually on or before October 1 for a listing by the Sheriff's Office on the rotating wrecker call list. A fee as found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees , shall accompany the application, renewable annually, together with an annual permit fee as found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees , for each wrecker. Each wrecker and towing firm approved for the rotating wrecker call list shall be charged a flat fee as found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees , for each vehicle towed at the request of the Sheriff's Office. All of these fees and charges shall be utilized by the Sheriff's Office to administer this Part. The Sheriff's Office shall promulgate guidelines for qualifications to be on the rotating wrecker call list, so as to protect the public interest. Qualified applicants may be placed on the rotating wrecker call list, at the discretion of the Sheriff. The Sheriff is authorized to limit the number of wrecker and towing firms, companies, or corporations authorized to conduct business within each zone established by the Sheriff. (b) If the Sheriff's Office determines that an applicant does not meet the qualifications to be on the list, it shall notify the applicant in writing stating the reasons for such disqualification and shall forward a copy of that letter to the Council Secretary. (c) Any applicant that has been notified of such disqualification shall have the right to appeal that decision to the Council by sending a letter requesting an appeal to the Council Secretary within ten days of receipt of the disqualification letter from the Sheriff's Office. (d) Upon receipt of such appeal request, the Council Secretary shall cause a resolution to be introduced into the Council, sponsored by the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee, to determine whether the applicant should be placed on the rotating wrecker call list. The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee shall hold a public hearing on the appeal resolution and make a recommendation to the Council as to whether the applicant should be placed on the rotating wrecker call list. (e) In the event the Sheriff's Office receives two verified complaints within any six-month period that a wrecker and towing firm on the wrecker call list has failed to comply with the notice provisions set forth in Section 804.1107 , then such wrecker or towing firm may be removed from the rotating wrecker call list for a one-year period. Upon the expiration of this removal period, the wrecker or towing firm shall be required to pay an additional fee as found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees , to reapply for the rotating wrecker call list. This fee shall be in addition to the annual fee required herein. (Ord. 68-82-59, § 155; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 87-453-366, § 5; Ord. 89-872-405, § 5; Ord. 2004-535-E, § 1; Ord. No. 2005-807-E, § 10.8(a); Ord. 2008-166-E, § 2; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 42) Note— Former § 312.1202.