§ 4.01.280. Report of damage to certain property.

(a)

The driver of a vehicle or the person in charge of an animal involved in an accident resulting in damage to any property of the City or of a public utility, including, but not limited to, any fire hydrant, telephone pole, electric power pole or resulting in damage to any ornamental shade tree or traffic control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any road shall, within 24 hours after such accident, make a written report of such accident to the City Clerk.

(b)

Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person driving or in charge of the vehicle or animal involved in such accident and in the case of a vehicle, the license number of such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such accident.

(c)

A driver involved in an accident shall not be deemed in violation of this section during such time as the driver is physically incapable of making a report if such driver shall make the report required in Subsection (a) of this section within 24 hours after regaining the ability to make such report.

(Prior Code, § 3128)