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i ~ • 1 I Ordinance 1746, Page 18 t i (e) In the event a wreaker service company is requested by the Police Department to make.a call and the company agrees to make said call then the company shall proceed immediately to the scene where !t is directed and shall be given a twenty (20) minute time trams to reach said location. Ii the wrecker service company answering said call has not reached said location ~withln a twenty (20) minutes then the attlcer at the scene may proceed to call the next wrecker service company on the list and that company shall have {~rlorlty ovor that parttoular call. In the event that the wrecker service company called falls to comply wfth the provisions of the ordinance by proceeding to the designated pla~:e within the time specified above then this wrecker service company shall, be removed from the top of the list and placed at the bottom of the list. (i) Thls section only applies to acoldent scenes and not to custodial arrests. The twenty '(20) minute time trams does not apply if the officer In charge deems the situation to be too dangerous In nature to watt that period of time. Sec 6-20 Specifications and Required Egulnment. (a) pjni~.y~m Slze. Each auto wrecker and emergency auto wrecker shall not be less than one (1) ton In size and shall be equipped with booster brakes. (b) standards of Winch. Cacti auto wreoker and emergency auto wrecker shall be equipped with a power take-off operated winch, winch line and boom, with a faotor~r rated lifting capaolty (or city tested capacity) of not• less than tive~thousand (5,000) pounds, single, line capacity. The winch line shall be three-eights (3/8) Inch !n diameter. (c) Flashing I.,i¢ht. Cacti auto wrecker and enea•gency auto wrecker shall have a tlashing light of at least four (4) Inches in diameter on the top of the cab, as pt•escrtbed or permitted by State law, visible from both the front and rear of the truck. (d) Wheels and Tires. Each auto wreoker and emergency auto wreoker shall have dual wheels on the rear with heavy duty tires thereon.