763.01 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)    "Class I License" means that type of license required for a business whose tow vehicle gross vehicle weight rating is less than 15,000 pounds.

   (b)    "Class II License" means that type of license required for a business whose tow vehicle gross vehicle weight rating is 15,000 pounds or more.

   (c)    "Director" means the Service-Safety Director of the City.

   (d)    "Driver or operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a tow truck on a public street or public right-of-way within the Municipality.

   (e)    "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a tow truck, or in the event

a tow truck is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, then such conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed the owner for purposes of this chapter.

   (f)   "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

   (g)    "Towing" means the act of pulling or dragging any vehicle behind the wrecker or tow truck which is doing such pulling or dragging. The towed vehicle can be self-supporting, carried on a dolly type platform, or be supported on any other item necessary to facilitate such towing.

   (h)    "Wrecker or tow truck" means every motor vehicle which is designed and used to tow or transport any other motor vehicle. For purposes of this chapter, the terms wrecker and tow truck shall be synonymous.

(Ord. 97-141. Passed 6-17-97.)