A.
ABANDONED VEHICLE
DAY or DAYTIME
DISABLED VEHICLE
NIGHT or NIGHTTIME
PERSON
TOWER
TOWING
TOWNSHIP
VEHICLE
WAITING TIME
WINCHING SERVICE
Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms,
phrases and words shall have the meanings given herein:
Any vehicle which has been left on or along any highway or
other public property, or on private property without consent of the
owner or person in charge of the private property, for a period of
more than 48 hours or for any period without current license plates.
The hours of the day falling between 6:01 a.m. and 5:59 p.m.
Any vehicle located on or along any public right-of-way,
not in operation and with no owner visible and not legally parked,
will constitute a disabled vehicle.
The hours of the day falling between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
A person engaged in the business or offering the services
of a vehicle tower or towing service, whereby abandoned and/or disabled
vehicles are towed or otherwise removed from the places where they
are disabled, impounded or abandoned by use of a tower or truck so
designed for that purpose.
Hoisting, lifting, removal, hauling and transportation of
any type of vehicle of any size from the highways, streets, roads,
public or private property located within the Township of Pemberton
or any other highway, street, or road within the State of New Jersey.
The Township of Pemberton.
Any device in, upon or by which a person or property is or
may be transported upon a right-of-way.
Additional time a tow operator spends at the scene other
than the time required for the actual tow and/or recovery. Examples
of waiting time may include but are not limited to fire/EMS services
which must be performed and/or police investigations.
Any operation in which a vehicle is moved onto a roadway
from a position off the roadway, or any other operation whereby a
vehicle is moved by the use of a cable from a position that is not
accessible for a direct hook-up by conventional means for loading
onto a tow vehicle. Winching is not pulling a vehicle onto a tilt
bed carrier or lifting a motor vehicle with a conventional tow sling.
B.
When not consistent with the context, words used in the present tense
include the future; words in plural number include the singular number;
and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word
"shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
