(a) City. The City of York, County of York, State of Pennsylvania.
(b) Business. Business is the physical place/establishment where employees report to work, equipment is stored and dispatched to and from, all company dealings take place, record keeping and daily activity, etc., is performed. For purposes of this article, a business shall have employees at the business address at a minimum of normal business hours, which is defined as 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of national holidays.
(c) Chief of Police. The Chief of Police of the York Police Department or his/her designee.
(d) Custodian. A person having permission from the vehicle owner to exercise care and/or control over a vehicle.
(e) GVW. Gross vehicle weight.
(f) Drop Fee. Is the fee an individual may pay to have a vehicle returned if it is on or hooked to the tow truck, but the tow truck has not yet left the location where the car was parked. The drop fee is only applicable before the tow truck begins to move the vehicle from the place it was parked.
(g) Motor Vehicle. As defined in the Vehicle Code.
(h) Person. An individual, firm, partnership, association, employee, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
(i) Private Parking Lot. A non-municipal parking lot open to the public or used for parking without charge, or a non-municipal parking lot used for parking with charge.
(j) Private Property. Real property owned by an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization including private parking lots as defined in the Vehicle Code.
(k) Property Owner. An individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization, or designee representing the owner of the property from which the vehicle is being towed.
(l) Salvor. A person engaged in the business of acquiring abandoned vehicles for the purpose of taking apart, recycling, selling, rebuilding or exchanging the vehicles or parts thereof.
(m) Storage Facility. A secured area for the storage of towed vehicles.
(n) Timely Response. Generally means 20 minutes or less from the time the towing company is requested until the wrecker arrives at the scene. At times there may be circumstances beyond a tower's control that makes it impossible for a towing company to arrive within 20 minutes.
(o) Towing Rotation List. The list maintained by the Chief of Police of all towing companies licensed by the City.
(p) Towing Company. Any business engaged in the towing, removing, or storing of motor vehicles at the request of the Municipality or private property owners. This includes the towing company owner and its employees and agents.
(q) Towing Company Owner. Any person(s) having financial interest in a licensed towing company. This does not include persons who are solely employed by the towing company.
(r) Vehicle Code. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
(s) Winching. When the cable that is attached to a motorized pulley system is unwound and attached to a vehicle to then place that vehicle in such as position that the vehicle may either be driven away or conventionally hooked to a wrecker.
(t) Wrecker. A vehicle designed and used for removing and transporting motor vehicles. This term shall also include a rollback truck, tow truck, or other vehicles commonly used to perform towing services. (Ord. 56-2023. Passed 12-19-23.)