For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(A) MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less which is capable of transporting one or more persons.
(B) VEHICLE. Every device in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on any street, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
(C) PRIVATE PARKING LOT. A parking lot wherein vehicles are parked or stored for hire, or a parking lot provided by a business wherein customers are allowed to park. Private parking lot shall include a parking area or lot associated with a building used for residential purposes.
(D) STORAGE YARD. Any property used by a private tow operator upon which vehicles that have been privately impounded are stored.
(E) TOW
or
REMOVE.
The act of attaching, lifting, pulling, or dragging any vehicle behind the wrecker or tow truck which is doing such attaching, lifting, pulling, or dragging. Said towed vehicle can be self supporting, carried on a dolly-type platform, or be supported on any other item necessary to facilitate such towing. This subchapter does not necessarily require the removal from the parking lot to be considered "towed" or "removed".
