This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village
of Mineola Tow Car Law."
It is hereby declared and found that it is of vital importance
to the traveling public that disabled vehicles be removed from the
highways as promptly as possible, that delay in removal results in
retarding the movement of traffic unnecessarily and causes street
accidents and that the towing of disabled motor vehicles in streets
of the Incorporated Village of Mineola is a matter affecting the public
interest and consequently should be subject to supervision and administrative
control for the purpose of safeguarding the public against fraud and
exorbitant rates and similar abuses.
Unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the
following words shall have the meanings herein provided:
Any person driving a tow car upon the public highways.
Any incident where a fee, charge or other consideration is
directly or indirectly imposed for towing, carrying or removing a
vehicle, and it shall include any case where any person makes repairs
on a towed vehicle for a consideration, although no charge is expressly
imposed for the towing of such vehicle.
Any person on the tow car other than the driver.
The control and direction of the use of a vehicle for towing
from places within the Village of Mineola.
A person owning or leasing or controlling one or more tow
cars and driving or operating or causing any such vehicle to be operated
upon the public highway for hire.
A motor vehicle which is used to remove any disabled motor
vehicle from the scene of an accident or to remove abandoned motor
vehicles.
The moving or removing of disabled or abandoned motor vehicles
by another vehicle for hire.
The incorporated area of the Village of Mineola, either on
private property or on the highways of the Village of Mineola.
