Sec. 804.1301. - Definitions.

(a) City as used herein shall refer to the City of Jacksonville. (b) Property owner shall mean that person who exercises dominion and control over the real property, including, but not limited to, the legal title-holder, lessee, a resident manager, a property manager or other agent who has legal authority to bind the owner. A person providing a towing service may not be appointed as an agent for a property owner. (c) Tow shall mean to haul, carry, pull along, or otherwise transport or remove a motor vehicle by means of another vehicle. (d) Towing service shall include any person, company, corporation or other entity whether licensed or not, who engages in or who owns or operates a business which engages, in whole or in part, in the towing or removal of motor vehicles for compensation. (e) Trespass towing shall mean towing or removal of a vehicle, without the consent of the vehicle's owner or operator, that is parked on private real property. (f) Storage sites or storage yards shall comply with all Jacksonville Ordinance Code provisions including but not limited to Sections 656.322 and 656.323 , Ordinance Code, as may be amended from time to time. (g) Contract towing is defined as a situation where a contract between a property owner and a towing service exists, and the contracted towing service subsequently subcontracts for special equipment and/or an operator to aid in the removal of any vehicle, boat, truck or piece of equipment from the subject property. Any vehicle, boat, truck or piece of equipment towed under such a subcontract must be invoiced and stored by the towing service that has the contract with the property owner, and must be stored at the location noted on the Tow-away signs posted on the subject property. (Ord. 2004-1374-E, § 2; Ord. 2008-166-E, § 2)