What counts as an authorized emergency, maintenance, or tow vehicle

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Authorized Emergency Vehicle. Any vehicle of the police and fire departments of the city, or of a federal agency having similar functions of law enforcement and fire protection as the police and fire departments of the city; any vehicle privately owned by police officers designated and approved by the chief of police to be used by them in the performance of their duties and any federal, State, and city and county ambulance; and any vehicle used by the department of the medical examiner in the performance of the department’s official duties. It also means any other vehicle, including vehicles under private ownership, as may be designated after inspection by and approval of the director of budget and fiscal services with the exception of privately owned ambulances, which shall be inspected and approved by the emergency medical services systems branch of the State department of health. Authorized Maintenance Vehicle. Any vehicle of the city, the State, and the federal government that is used in street lighting, traffic signal, highway construction, and highway repair and maintenance work. Also included in this definition are all vehicles used in public utility construction, repair and maintenance work by public utility corporations that are designated as authorized maintenance vehicles by ordinance passed by the council and that are registered as such with the police department. Authorized maintenance vehicle also means a vehicle of the Fort Street Mall business improvement district association or its contractor when operated for the purpose of cleaning or maintaining Fort Street Mall. Authorized Tow Vehicle. Any vehicle specially constructed for towing vehicles, other than trucks and farm or road tractors, which is designated as an authorized tow vehicle by the director of budget and fiscal services. )