Pennsylvania Borough Mandates Rotation System
In Shenandoah, Pa., the borough has adopted an ordinance regulating the operations of towing companies.
Under the ordinance, there will be a rotational system in place that ensures all towing companies in the borough receive opportunities for assignments.
The ordinance states that "no person shall engage in towing from a scene of an accident or with respect to a disabled vehicle that is either impeding traffic or on the shoulder of a limited access highway" unless that person has been selected through the rotational system.
The council, through this action, wants to eliminate any one company from getting all the business.
The borough will compile a list of approved, licensed towing companies for the rotational list. To be included on the list, a towing company must submit an application on a form required by Shenandoah.
The rotational list will be determined and maintained by the borough and the Shenandoah Police Department, with all assignments "made on an alternating basis and in accordance with the level of service required for the transport," according to the ordinance.
In addition to the rotational list, the ordinance lays down a series of parameters designed to provide safeguards and controls for towing companies.
"Such safeguards include identifying (on the application form) the company name, the name of the owners of the company, the owner's date of birth, towing operator's license of all persons operating tow trucks within the borough, a fee schedule of towing costs and proof of insurance," Amato said.
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