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• • • ORDINANCE N0. 1035-B AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, SECTION 6-18, CONCERNING PERMISSIBLE FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE TOWING OF VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF LA PORTS; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN T[~0 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: Section 1. Section 6-18 of Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances shall hereafter read as follows: (A) (Permissible fees and charges shall be as follows:) (1} The standard charge for a "normal tow" from the scene of an accident in the city limits of La Porte to the place of business of the wrecker operator, or other location in the city limits of La Porte, instructed • by the owner, will not exceed forty-five dollars ($45.00). This charge will apply either day or night, holidays or Sundays. If the owner of the vehicle be- ing towed required the vehicle to be moved or trans- ferred after the vehicle has been towed to a location specified in a wrecker ticket, there may be an additional charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00). For transferring the . vehicle within the city limits, a normal tow is defined as picking up the vehicle or moving and towing the vehicle from the street to a location. There will be no addition- al charges to disengage one vehicle from another, as this will be considered part of a normal tow when the vehicles are moved from the street. (2) An additional charge may be made for the following . additional labor that is not required in a normal tow: (a) An additional charge not to exceed fifteen dollars , ($15.00) may be made for a ditch pull and/or • rollover in those cases where two (2) separate pulls with the wrecker's winch line are actually required. ' (b) An additional charge not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) may be made for disengaging and remov- . ing the drive shaft, or for other exceptional labor.. (3'.) A charge not to exceed Sixty-five dollars ($65.00) may be made when it is required to "airplane" a wrecker ' vehicle; i.e., to completely pull the wrecked vehicle • upon the wrecker. This charge shall be all inclusive, and no other charge may be imposed whien it is made. JI