For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning given herein.
Canceled call. Shall occur when an owner of a vehicle requests the on-scene law enforcement officer to cancel a dispatched call either before the tow operator arrives or prior to initiation of tow services. When such a call occurs, the responding tow operator shall not have the canceled call counted as a rotation call and will be returned to the tow operator’s position on the rotation list that the tow operator would have held before the canceled call.
City. The City of Greenville, North Carolina.
Day towing operations. Shall include any tow service during the local hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays; except city holidays.
Dispatched call. A call made by the on-scene law enforcement officer at the request of the owner of the vehicle to Greenville Police Department Communications requesting a tow operator from the rotation list.
Extraordinary circumstances. As used in this chapter, the tow operator being required to wait more than one-half hour before initiating tow operations or when the tow operator must extract a vehicle from a ditch, right a flipped vehicle (resting on its roof), remove a tree resting on a vehicle, recovering a vehicle hit by a train or a jackknifed vehicle and trailer.
Hook-up. The application and first connection of a chain or a mechanical connection from the tow service truck to the towed motor vehicle.
Night, weekend and holiday towing operations. Include any tow service at all times other than day towing.
Person. An individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
Police-initiated tow. A Greenville Police Officer or Greenville Police Department Dispatch request for tow service by a business or tow owner on the police rotation list.
Storage. When a vehicle has been towed under this chapter and is maintained in a means provided by this chapter. The reason for the tow initiated by the police shall be as a result of accident, violation of parking ordinances, disabled or any other police initiated.
Tow service. A person engaged in the business of a wrecker or towing service, granted a permit under this chapter, whereby motor vehicles are towed or otherwise removed at the direction of officers of the city Police Department by the use of a wrecker or motor vehicle designed for that purpose.
Tow service operator. The person operating a tow vehicle under this chapter.
Wrecked motor vehicle. A motor vehicle not capable of self-propulsion.
(Ord. No. 07-16, passed 2-8-2007)