As used in this chapter certain words and terms are defined as follows:
(a) "Tow vehicle" or "tow truck" means any truck or other vehicle adapted for the purpose of towing, winching, carrying or otherwise removing another vehicle for commercial purposes;
(b) “Tow truck owner" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, fiduciary, association or other entity owning, operating or conducting the business of towing vehicles.
(c) "Towing" means the moving or removing and/or preparation thereof by actual physical connection of a vehicle by another vehicle.
(d) "Vehicle" means any motorized equipment licensed under the laws of the State of Ohio or any similar licensing laws of any other state of the United States.
(e) "License" means any license, permit or authority required by these Codified Ordinances for towing vehicles.
(f) "Person" means every natural person, partnership, corporation, fiduciary, association or other entity.
(g) “Police-ordered tow" means any towing order issued by the Police Division in accordance with the provisions of this or any other section of the Codified Ordinances or the statutes of the State.
(h) "Private tow" means any tow performed at the request or direction of the registered owner of a vehicle or his authorized representative.
(i) "Third-party-ordered tow" means any tow requested or ordered by any person who is not the registered owner of a vehicle or his authorized representative from anyone location within the City to another location.
(j) Whenever used in any clause, the singular pronoun shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter and vice versa.
(k) "Premises" means the location upon which the headquarters office of a tow truck owner is located and/or towed vehicles are stored or impounded.
(l) "Storage" means the custody and control of a vehicle by a tow truck operator as a result of any of the following:
(1) A police-ordered impounding.
(2) A third-party-ordered impounding.
(3) Storage by registered owner and a fee is charged for the storage.
(Ord. 178-2003. Passed 10-27-03.)