§ 6.10.020. Definitions.

Booting company means the owner, manager, employee or agent of a company engaged in the installation of automobile immobilizers, sometimes referred to as "Denver boots" or "French boots," operating within the city limits, and who holds himself out for hire for such installation (hereinafter called "booting").

Operator of a tow car means the owner, manager, employee or agent of a company engaged in the transportation of vehicles by the use of a tow car, and who holds himself out for hire for such towing. This includes any tow company who holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the public service commission.

Categories of tariffs. Tariffs for tow cars will be divided into the following categories:

(1)

Category A: Towing or removing a vehicle at the request of a law enforcement agency, the owner of the vehicle, his agent or the driver of the vehicle which requires the use of a tow car with an unladen weight of 9,000 pounds or more.

(2)

Category B: Towing or removing a vehicle at the request of a law enforcement agency, the owner of the vehicle, his agent or the driver of the vehicle which does not require the use of a tow car with an unladen weight of 9,000 pounds or more.

(3)

Category C: Towing or removing a vehicle at the request of a person other than a law enforcement agency, the owner of the vehicle, his agent or the driver of the vehicle.

Vehicle owner means the registered owner, and the registered owner's authorized agent, representative, or permissive user exercising control over any vehicle that has been booted. For purposes of this chapter, any keyholder of the booted vehicle shall be presumed to be the vehicle owner.

(Ord. No. 4754, § 1, 6-10-97; Ord. No. 4830, § 1, 1-13-98; Ord. No. 6097, § 2, 3-11-09)