As used in this chapter:
Advertising shall mean vehicle overlays, attached or painted signage, as regulated by City of Boynton Beach Land Development Regulations, Chapter 21, any written statement made in connection with the solicitation by vehicle for hire business and includes without limitation, statements or representations made in a newspaper, "Yellow Pages" or other publication, or on radio, television or contained in any notice, handbill, business card, sign, catalog, billboard, brochure, poster or letter.
Applicant shall mean any person who applies for a vehicle for hire business tax receipt. In the case of partnerships, associations, corporations and other legal entities, "applicant" shall also mean any member of a partnership and the corporate officers and directors.
Compensation shall mean a return in money, property, or anything of value for the rendition of vehicle for hire services.
County Business Permit shall mean the grant by Palm Beach County to operate one (1) vehicle for hire not subject to reciprocity, upon the streets of the County.
Cruising means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the City in search of, or soliciting, prospective passengers for hire.
Driver means an individual who operates or is in actual physical control of a public vehicle.
Holder means a person, corporation, partnership, or other business entity to whom the City issues a business tax receipt to operate a vehicle for hire business.
Jitney shall mean any non-metered vehicle for hire which may or may not operate a regular intervals over a designated route, and which fixed fares or rates may be charged for services.
Limousine means any chauffeur-driven, non-metered passenger vehicle for hire, including, but not limited to, modified-for-the-purpose luxury limousines or full-sized luxury sedans, providing seating accommodations for not more than the number of passengers, including the driver, specified by the vehicles manufacturer, whose rates are determined on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rental of the vehicle and the chauffeur, or a combination of rental and mileage charges, with a minimum rental period of one (1) hour.
Manifest means a daily record prepared by a vehicle for hire driver of all trips made by said driver showing the time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip.
Non-motorized vehicle means vehicles for hire designed to be propelled by humans and/or animals which do not also have engines or motors installed, including, but not limited to, rickshaw, animal-drawn vehicle, bicycle or other opened or closed vehicle with two (2) or more wheels, pedicab or pedestrian cab.
Operator means any person owning, leasing or controlling a vehicle for hire. An operator may or may not be a driver.
Public vehicle means taxicabs, vans, limousines and non-motorized vehicles for the transportation for hire of passengers where new fares begin within the City limits of Boynton Beach.
Taxicab means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having seating accommodations for not more than the number of passengers, including the driver, specified by the vehicles manufacturer.
Vehicle for hire driver's identification badge (I.D. badge) shall mean a permit issued by Palm Beach County, authorizing the holder thereof to utilize the vehicle for hire described in said permit for the transportation of passengers as authorized pursuant to this Article.
Waiting time means the time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger or passengers to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger or passengers.
(Code 1958, § 27-1) (Ord. No. 04-029, § 2, 5-4-04; Ord. No. 06-096, § 2, 1-2-07)