Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Atherton Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Soliciting at Accident Scenes
Atherton Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Atherton
Cite as: Atherton Municipal Code Chapter 10.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
SOLICITING AT ACCIDENT SCENES
Sections:
10.20.010 Soliciting tow services prohibited.
10.20.020 Parking of tow trucks.
10.20.030 Time limit.
10.20.010 Soliciting tow services prohibited.¶
No person shall at the location of any vehicular accident, collision or other catastrophe or calamity, solicit or offer the sale of any tow service, or the sale or offering free of any other services. (Ord. 212 § 1, 1955)
10.20.020 Parking of tow trucks.¶
No vehicles equipped for use as tow trucks shall be parked within five hundred feet from the location of any vehicular accident, collision or other catastrophe. (Ord. 212 § 2, 1955)
10.20.030 Time limit.¶
The prohibitions contained in this chapter shall apply from the time of the happening of any of the aforesaid occurrences until a reasonable time thereafter, and at all times while law enforcement officers, public health personnel, emergency personnel and other persons discharging duties imposed by law, are actively engaged in the performance of duty at the location of the occurrences. (Ord. 212 § 3, 1955)
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