Unless the particular provision of the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section all govern the construction, meaning, and application of words and phrases used in this chapter.
.010 "City" means the City of Anaheim.
.020 "City authorization" means City authorization to operate a taxicab business in the City.
.030 "Driver" means a person who drives or controls the movements of a taxicab.
.040 "OCTAP" means the Orange County Taxi Administration Program administered by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
.050 "OCTAP Permit" means and includes the permit issued by OCTAP to operate a taxicab business, to drive a taxicab or to use a particular vehicle as a taxicab.
.060 "Operate a taxicab" means to drive a taxicab and either solicit or pick up passengers for hire in the City.
.070 "Operator" means the person whose name appears on the operator's Permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and who is responsible for the day to day operations of the taxicab business.
.080 "Owner" means the registered owner or lessor of a taxicab.
.090 "Permit" means and includes the permit required pursuant to the provisions of the chapter to operate a taxicab business.
.095 "Permit Administrator" means the Code Enforcement Manager of the City of Anaheim.
.100 "Person" includes natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust corporation, or public entity.
.110 "Taxicab" means a vehicle operated within the jurisdiction of the City, capable of carrying not more than eight persons, excluding the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire. The term shall exclude a vehicle operating as a Charter Party Carrier licensed as such by any state agency, including the Public Utilities Commission, or any other vehicle having a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by any state agency, including the Public Utilities Commission. (Ord. 5627 § 2 (part); February 10, 1998: Ord. 5723 § 1; March 28, 2000.)