A. Knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in an application for a permit, or in any report or record required to be filed with the public safety department; or

B. Violated any provision of this chapter or of any statute relating to his permitted activity; or

C. Failed to obtain a current, valid license to do business in the city; or

D. Been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, theft, fraud or embezzlement; or

E. Committed any unlawful (not including traffic infractions or equipment violations), false, fraudulent, deceptive or dangerous (i.e., drunk driving or reckless driving) act while conducting a towing operation business; or

F. Published, uttered or disseminated any false, deceptive or misleading statements or advertisements in connection with the operation of the towing service; or

G. Wilfully violated any rule or regulation adopted by the city council relating to permittee’s business; or

H. Wilfully failed to comply with the terms of any contract made as a part of the exercise of the towing operation; or

I. Conducted the towing operation in a manner contrary to the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the public; or

J. Demonstrated that he is unfit to be trusted with the privileges granted by such permit; or

K. Any one driver of permittee has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to three or more hazardous moving violations in the conduct of the towing operations during any six-month period, or any tow truck used by permittee has had three or more equipment violations during any four-month period; or

L. Failed or refused to satisfy any judgment awarded to the owner of a towed vehicle against the permittee, where such judgment arose out of the hooking up, removal, towing or storage of such vehicle; or

M. Obtained a tow contract by use of fraud, trick, dishonesty or forgery; or

N. Stopped and solicited on any street, highway or other public thoroughfare the rendering of assistance to a person or disabled vehicle without first being requested to do so, except to render emergency aid when there existed an imminent peril to life or property; or

O. Towed a vehicle to a location other than listed as the business address of such permittee or the nearest public automobile storage facility without first receiving authorization to do so by the person authorizing the tow; or

P. Conspired with any person to defraud any owner of any vehicle, or any insurance company, or any other person financially interested in the cost of the towing or storage of any vehicle, by making false or deceptive statements relating to the towing or storage of any vehicle; or

Q. Removed a vehicle involved in a collision prior to arrival of police, and a person, as a result of such collision, suffered death or injury; or the driver of an involved vehicle, or a party to such collision, was under the influence of any intoxicant of any nature; or there is evidence that such vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run collision; or

R. Charged for services not performed, equipment not employed or used, services or equipment not needed, or have otherwise materially misstated the nature of any service performed or equipment used. (Ord. 84-1 § 1, 1984)