1. "City" means the City of Vancouver.

2. "City-dispatched tow" means and includes the towing of a vehicle when requested by an officer of the Vancouver Police Department and/or the Clark Regional Communications Agency.

3. "Convenience tow" means the towing at the owner’s request of an inoperative vehicle that has been removed from the roadway and no longer constitutes a hazard; or that, being mechanically operative, is towed for convenience at owner’s request.

4. "Owner of a motor vehicle" means and includes the registered owner, a person authorized by the registered owner to act on the owner’s behalf, one who has purchased the vehicle from the registered owner and who produces proof of ownership, or the legal owner of the vehicle.

5. "Person" means any person, individual, partnership or corporation.

6. "Tow truck operator" means a natural person who drives or operates the towing equipment or a motor vehicle adapted to or designed for the towing of motor vehicles.

7. "Tow truck service" means the use of a motor vehicle adapted to or designed for the towing of motor vehicles to tow such vehicles owned by members of the general public, in consideration of a fee. "Tow truck service" includes the storing of vehicles and all other services incidental to towing. (Ord. M-2507 §2, 1984)