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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1616 PAGE SIX excluding officially recognized holidays. Permittees may ad- ditionally release vehicles on other days and hours. Upon application to the chief of police, or his designee, and a showing of hardship by the permittee, an adjustment in the days and hours during which vehicles may be released may be made. Permittee shall not refuse to relinquish possession or control of a vehicle to its lawful owner, or to the agent of the lawful owner as evidenced by keys which operate said veh- icle and by the statement and driver's license of said agent, where said vehicle has been seized as a private property im- pound and where such vehicle has not yet been removed to a garage as required by California Vehicle Code Section 22851, for lien purposes. For the purpose of this section, a vehicle is removed to a garage when it is physically present in such garage, Conditioning the release of a vehicle not yet removed to a garage upon payment of a charge or "let-down fee" shall be deemed to be a refusal to relinquish posession or control. 32-98 Rates and charges - Signs - Change of. (a) Per- mittees shall maintain a sign listing the rates and charges of all services offered. Such sign shall be conspicuously placed in the office or other place where customer financial trans- actions take place. The letters on such sign shall be a min- imum of one (1) inch high with one quarter inch stroke. The letters shall be a contrasting color from the background. (b) Applicants for towing operation permits shall file a schedule of rates and charges for each service offered with the police department. No charge other than the rates and charges specified in such schedule shall be made except as herein provided. Changes in rates and charges shall be made by written notice containing the new schedule of rates and charges to the police department at least ten (10) days prior to becoming effective. A duplicate copy of such notice shall be posted for a period of ten (10) days in the office of the towing opera- tion business next to the posted schedule of existing rates and charges. 32-99 Tow Car operators - Permit required. (a) No person shall operate or drive a tow car as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 615 without a written permit from the chief of police. (b) No person shall be employed as a tow car operator until such time as said person has received a written permit from the chief of police to act as a tow car operator. 32-100 Tow car o~erators - Identification card. Every person directly engaged in the operation of a tow car shall carry on his or her person at all times while so engaged, an identification card, issued by the police department, identify- ing the bearer as a tow car operator, and shall display such card to any police officer upon request. The identification card shall bear the name, physical description, business address, and photograph of the permittee, and the name and address of the garage employing the permittee. The identification card shall be returned to the police department immediately upon suspension, revocation or termina- tion of employment.