August 26, 1998

TO:Emergency and Protective Services Committee

FROM:Carol Ruddell-Foster, General Manager

SUBJECT:By-law 20-85 Schedule 37 Relating to Owners and Drivers of Tow Trucks and Signage

Recommendation:

That By-law 20-85, Schedule 37 Sub-section 40(3) be amended by deleting the clause "unless requested to do so by such person".

Sub-section 40(3) would then read "No owner or driver shall suggest or recommend to any hirer or other person requesting his services that any vehicle in respect of which his services are given or requested, be towed, conveyed, driven or delivered to any particular salvage yard, body shop, storage yard, or any other public garage, building or place".

Discussion:

The August 18, 1998 report from the City Solicitor recommends that the notice be displayed in the Tow Truck be made consistent with Sub-section 40(3) of Schedule 37 and the Solicitor offers two proposals for achieving this consistency. I suggest that Committee may also wish to have this portion of the Licensing By-law consistent with the restrictions placed on owners, operators and employees in Collision Reporting Centres who are prohibited from recommending repair facilities (Schedule 24, Part 6, Section 14[2]) and this can be accomplished by approving recommendation (b) of the Solicitor's report.

Please note that the Solicitors report refers to Sub-section 40(2) of Schedule 37. This is an error, the correct Sub-section is 40(3).

Carol Ruddell-Foster

General Manager

Reviewed by:

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Virginia M. West, Commissioner

Urban Planning and Development Services

CRF/dg

File:towtruck.eps