Hamilton By-law 07-170, s. 1 — In this Schedule

In this Schedule:

• “compensation ” means any form of payment; “complaint record ” means a record of each complaint received by a tow truck business operator or their employee or agent about a towing service they have provided; “Highway Traffic Act ” means the Highway Traffic Act and its regulations; “registered owner ” means the person shown to be the owner of a tow truck according to the records maintained by the Registrar of Vehicles for the Province of Ontario; "tow truck ” means a motor vehicle which is designed, modified or used for pulling, towing, carrying, or lifting a motor vehicle or trailer, be it damaged, disabled, abandoned, or otherwise, with or without the assistance or use of lifts, winches, dollies, trailers, or similar equipment; “tow truck driver ” means an individual who drives a tow truck at any time when the tow truck is providing or available to provide a towing service; “tow truck business operator ” means a person who carries on the business of providing one or more towing service; “tow truck number ” means the number, which may consist of numbers or letters or both, issued for each approved tow truck by the Director of Licensing; "towing service " the provision or offer of provision of a tow truck for compensation including but not limited to:
• (a) assisting the owner, operator, driver or passenger of a motor vehicle or trailer through the use of the equipment on or used in conjunction with the tow truck for the pulling, towing, carrying, or lifting of a motor vehicle or trailer; or Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (b) conveying the owner, operator, driver or passenger of a motor vehicle or trailer in a tow truck; “towing service rate card ” means a rate card approved by the Director of Licensing that includes a tow truck business operator’s rates for towing services and contact information; “trip record ” means a record of each trip providing a towing service from the time:
• (a) a motor vehicle or trailer; or
• (b) an owner, operator, driver or passenger of a motor vehicle or trailer, is picked up to the time they are dropped off. APPLICATION OF SCHEDULE