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Wrecker Committee <br />Minutes of March 27, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />Mrs. Wilmore advised the Committee that the application Mrs. Jones referred to related to <br />permits on the wreckers. Since the wreckers were owned by McGinty and McGinty would be <br />providing the service at accident scenes, the permits had to be issued to McGinty. The Jones' <br />leased yard was acceptable at that time (prior to a later ordinance change that required yard <br />ownership). The City Attorney and the Committee allowed the application to be amended <br />during the wrecker committee meeting and subsequently approved the permits for McGinty. <br />Mr. Askins confirmed facts outlined by Mrs. Wilmore. <br />Applicant Paul Taylor spoke in favor of the application. <br />Mr. Tietjens closed the public hearing at 3:25 p.m. <br />7. Consider action to grant or deny four (4) emergency auto wrecker permits to Taylor Towing under <br />Section 78-297 of the La Porte Code of Ordinances. <br />Mr. Askins stated that based on the current regulations, the Committee could only consider <br />approval of Taylor Towing's request if: (1) Taylor Towing owns a vehicle storage facility within the <br />City of LaPorte; or (2) McGinty had transferred their permits to Taylor Towing. Since neither <br />situation exists, existing regulations prohibit the Committee's approval of the requested permits. <br />Mr. Walt Jones told the Committee that had they known the application change would eliminate the <br />use of the yard by anyone other than McGinty, they never would have made the change. He feels <br />the Committee should "grandfather" the yard since they didn't understand the impact of the <br />change. <br />Mrs. Fogarty asked staff if Taylor Towing had previous permits with La Porte. Mrs. Wilmore advised <br />they worked with a previous car dealership but the permits had been in the dealership's name and <br />Taylor had provided the trucks and service and the cars were stored at the dealership. <br />Motion by Kyle Jones to deny four (4) emergency auto wrecker permits to Taylor Towing. Second by <br />Patrice Fogarty. Motion carried unanimously. <br />8. Administrative Reports <br />There were no administrative reports. <br />9. Adjourn <br />Chairman Tietjens adjourned the meeting at 3:45 p.m. <br />Prepared by Shannon Green, Planning Assistant <br />