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e e Sec. 6-15. Permits are Personal to Owners Thereof. (a) A permit issued hereunder for a towing vehicle or an auto wrecker shall be a personal permit to the owner and shall not entitle any other person or corporation to operate such towing vehicle or auto wrecker. The permits issued pursuant to this chapter are transferable as between owners only upon the express approval of the committee, and shall be subject to a TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) transfer fee, if approved. A denial of the right to transfer a permit may be appealed to the City Wrecker Committee, in compliance with the terms of Section 6-10 hereof. Upon cancellation of any permit no portion of the permit fee shall be refunded to the owner thereof. Sec. 6-16. Regulations on Operations. (a) The committee is hereby authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations relating to the operation of towing vehicle and auto wreckers, insofar as such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this chapter, deemed necessary to protect public safety and welfare. Specifically, but without limitation, the committee is hereby authorized to promulgate any rules relating to restrictions on the number of auto wreckers which may operate on the streets of the City of La Porte at anyone time. The committee shall cause the City Secretary to serve copies of such rules on owners at their registered addresses by certified mail. Such notices shall fully set out any rules promulgated, and the effective dates thereof. Any permit holders shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-10, to appeal to the City Council with regard to any rules and restrictions promulgated by the committee felt by such permit holder to be unduly onerous. Sec. 6-17. Procedure by Auto Wrecker Ooerators at Scene of Disabled Vehicle. (a) Whenever an auto wrecker arrives at the place where a motor vehicle has been disabled by an accident, the auto wrecker driver shall legally park his vehicle as close to the street curb as possible and otherwise dispose of it in such a manner as not to interfere with traffic. He shall not park his vehicle within a distance of fifty (50) feet from a wrecked or disabled vehicle. (b) It shall be unlawful for any wrecker owner, driver or agent to solicit the business of towing, removing or repairing any wrecked or disabled vehicle at the place where an accident has occurred, by words, cards, circulars or gestures. (c) All auto wrecker drivers arriving at the place where any accident has occurred shall obey all orders given them by any police officer of the city 11