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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 22-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="22-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Department.">“Department” means the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="License.">“License” means the license to engage in the business of towing vehicles within Baltimore City issued pursuant to this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Motor vehicle.">“Motor vehicle” means any vehicle which is self-propelled or propelled by electric power obtained from overhead electrical wires, but not operated upon rails.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107"&gt;§ 1-107 &lt;/cite&gt;of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">When used in any clause imposing a penalty, the term “person”:<para num="(i)">as applied to a partnership or association, includes the partners or members thereof; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">as applied to a corporation, includes the officers thereof.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Police Department.">“Police Department” means the Baltimore City Police Department.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Storage.">“Storage” means the holding and safekeeping of motor vehicles.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Towing.">“Towing” means the moving or removing of a vehicle by another motor vehicle.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Towing service.">“Towing service” means the operation of removing or towing motor vehicles for compensation.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Tow truck operator.">“Tow truck operator” means any person who is the operator of a towing vehicle.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §132</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-273</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
