It is the intent of this chapter to prescribe the basic regulations for the operation of tow cars or tow trucks, in police emergency and nonemergency situations, in the removal of and towing away of motor vehicles which are illegally parked, apparently abandoned or involved in an accident, or which constitute an obstruction to traffic because of mechanical failure. It is the purpose of the Council in enacting this chapter to provide a fair and impartial means of selecting private operators to engage in said business, in the interest of the public as well as in the interest of efficient policing operations for the removal from the public streets of said vehicles. (Ord. 2314 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1021 § 1; prior code § 31.61).