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OPERATING CONDITIONS 1. Tow companies must hold and maintain a current, valid City of Pleasanton business license. 2. Service must be provided 24 hours per day, seven days per week, without exception. 3. The operator must have available a minimum of two (2) adequate tow trucks and drivers. Equipment shall be subject to police inspection as determined by the Pleasanton Police Department. Tow vehicles will be maintained in compliance with the provisions of Sections 24605, 25253, 25300, 27700 and 27907 of the California Vehicle Code; Section 9701 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 4. Tow service operators and tow truck drivers employed by the tow service will be sufficiently capable to insure safe and proper discharge of their service responsibilities. Tow service operators and tow truck drivers will be properly licensed in accordance with Section 12804 of the California Vehicle Code. 5. The tow operator shall be responsible for removal of all debris resulting from any automobile accident from which he tows. 6. The tow operator will assume responsibility for proper security of automobiles and personal property. The tow service will provide a receipt whenever any items are removed from a stored vehicle and taken to another place of storage. One copy of the receipt will be placed in the stored vehicle, and one will be provided to the Pleasanton Police Department Records Division to be attached to the original police report. 7. Tow operators will remove all wrecked and abandoned automobiles regardless of condition, at police request. 8. Tow operators will be responsible for all lien sales, notifications, etc., incidental to disposal of abandoned vehicles, as required by law. 9. Tow operators will be paid by the City of Pleasanton a removal fee of $25.00 per vehicle for towing, storing, and disposing of abandoned vehicles. This fee to be paid only upon receipt of a completed and signed reg. 462 form for vehicles appraised at $100.00 or less, and upon receipt of the final disposition of lien sale on vehicles appraised at more than $100.00. All documents must be accompanied by a completed CHP 180 form for the vehicle disposed of and forwarded to the police department traffic supervisor for approval on a monthly basis. The City of Pleasanton shall not be liable for any fees or costs in excess of said sum. lO. Tow operators will keep records of all tows, the disposition of the tows, and charges made. The records will be available for inspection by an authorized member of the Pleasanton Police Department.