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Tow truck means a motoi• vehicie, inclucfiing awrecker, eyuippeci with a <br />mechanical device used to toxv, \1'i[1Ch, 0I• othcnvise move another motor vetiicle, <br />and that has a valid iticident manageulent tawing pei-init under Chapter 2308 of <br />the Texas 4ccupations Code, as amended, <br />Towin COlilpililx means an iildividual, association, corporation, oc other legal <br />eiitity thlt coiitrols, operates, ar directs tlie operation of one or more tow trueks <br />ovei- a public roadway. <br />Vehicle means a devicc in, on, oi- by which a person or propetiy may be <br />transported on a public roadway. The tei-in includes an operabie oi- inopez•able <br />zutomobile, truck, motoi•cycle, recreational vehicle, or tr•ailer, but does not include <br />a device moved by human power or used exclusivety on a statianary cail or track. <br />Vehicle owner means a person: <br />(a) named as the purchasei• oi- ta•ansferee in t}le cei-tificate of title issued for ilze <br />vehicle; <br />(b) lIl whose name the vehicle is registered Nlrough the Texas Deparhnent of <br />T'ublic Safety, or a membec of the person's immediate family; <br />(c) m,ho liolds the vehicle through a lease agreement; or <br />(d) xvho has a legal i•ight of possessian to tlie vehicle. <br />Veliicle stoi•age yarci means a garage, parking lot, oi- other facility that is o«med <br />by a person ot}ier than a govecnmentai entity and used ta stot•e or park at least 10 <br />vehicles each year, and that complies with ihe requirements of Chapter 2303 of <br />tlie T'exas Occupations Code, as amended. <br />§ 72.02 Authorih- foe• Nonconsent Tow. <br />(a) Tlle Cfty of Red Oak Palice C}iief oi- liis designee is authoi•ized ta re2iiove <br />a vehicle fi•om a public roadway to a vehicle storage facility or other place of <br />slfety w1ien the vehicle: <br />{1} is unattended anci obsh•ucting traffic; <br />(2) is un}awfully parked aiid blocking the entrance to a public oi- private <br />driveway; <br />(3) has been reported oi- identified as stolen; <br />(4) is unattended and the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe <br />the vehicle lias been abandvned for longer tlian forty-eight (48) <br />hOUI'S; <br />280 <br />