4-19.01 Definitions
4-19.02 Purpose
4-19.03 Towing carrier permit
4-19.04 Permit terms and conditions
4-19.05 Selection of towing carriers
4-19.06 Towing carrier's obligations; minimum requirements for facilities
4-19.07 Towing carrier's obligations; minimum requirements for equipment
4-19.08 Towing carrier's obligations; minimum requirements for personnel
4-19.09 Towing carrier's miscellaneous obligations
4-19.10 Towing rotation list
4-19.11 License requirements
4-19.12 Executions of agreements
4-19.13 Tow rates
4-19.14 Payment of administrative fees to the City
4-19.15 Revocation and suspension of towing carrier permits
4-19.16 Transfer or assignment of permit
4-19.17 Penalties
4-19.18 Authority for City to maintain own towing operations and towing facilities
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) "Automobile dismantler's vehicle" shall mean a tow vehicle that is registered by an automobile dismantler licensed pursuant to California Vehicle Code, § 11500 et seq., and which is used exclusively to tow vehicles owned by the automobile dismantler in the course of the automobile dismantling business.
(b) "Business license" shall mean a license issued by the City's License Official.
(c) "City" shall mean the City of Ontario.
(d) "City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the City of Ontario or his or her designee.
(e) "Non-consensual towing service" shall mean towing services provided to the City's Police Department in situations where vehicle owners are unable to consent to having their vehicle towed, such as in cases of severe accident, where a vehicle is being towed for being illegally parked on public property or towed as a result of a police order.
(f) "Chief of Police" shall mean the Chief of Police of the City of Ontario or his or her designee.
(g) "Police Department" shall mean the Ontario Police Department.
(h) "Rotation list" shall mean the City's list of eligible towing carriers to be used by the Police Department when assistance is needed to remove abandoned, disabled or impounded vehicles.
(i) "Tow vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed or equipped for and exclusively used in the business of towing vehicles by means of a crane, tow bar, tow line, dolly or a roll-back carrier or is otherwise used to render emergency assistance to disabled and other vehicles.
(j) "Towing carrier" or "towing provider" shall mean a towing company and the owner(s) and/or managing employee(s) of a towing company.
(k) "Tow vehicle driver" shall mean the driver of an authorized tow vehicle used for towing another motor vehicle.
(§ 1, Ord. 2803, eff. September 16, 2004, § 2, Ord. 3008, eff. January 15, 2015)
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