Sec. 185.1. Applicability

No person shall engage in the business of commercial towing or emergency road service operations, solicit for such business, or engage in such activities on any parkway in Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam or Westchester County (but excluding the Bronx River Parkway and Bear Mountain State Parkway in Westchester County), unless authorized by contract obtained from the New York State Department of Transportation. Towing and emergency road service operations shall be subject to the rules and regulations contained in this Part, and to such specific conditions as may be set forth in each contract. Any person holding a contract shall be obligated to respond to all calls for towing or emergency road service operations covered by the contract on a 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week basis, without exception. Contractors may only operate on parkways in direct response to calls for assistance.