The following terms shall have the following definitions, unless otherwise specified in this chapter:
BUSINESS LOCATION: The location from which any taxicab service receives calls for taxicab service, dispatches taxicabs, repairs taxicabs, or stores or parks taxicabs.
CITY: The City of Carbondale.
CLERK: The City Clerk of the City of Carbondale, Illinois.
DRIVER: The operator of the taxicab or TNC vehicle.
LIMOUSINE SERVICE: A luxury, chauffeur driven motor vehicle used in the City to carry passengers for hire for a fare that is not determined by the distance traveled.
MANAGER: The City Manager of the City of Carbondale, Illinois.
PARCEL: Any baggage, package, or item of any kind.
PERSON: Includes any individual, corporation or other legal entity, a partnership and any unincorporated association.
TAXI STAND: Any area commonly used by persons providing taxicab services to solicit or wait for fares or for persons desiring to use taxicab services.
TAXICAB: Shall mean any motor vehicle licensed under this title to carry passengers for hire and displaying distinctive registration plates issued by the State of Illinois.
TAXICAB SERVICE: The operation of motor vehicles to transport passengers for hire but not operating on a fixed route.
TAXIMETER: Any mechanical, electric or electronic device installed in a public passenger vehicle, which calculates and indicates the fares, measures the distance traveled and time elapsed, and indicates other charges which may be due.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY (TNC): Includes any service offering transportation of persons from one location to another location for a fee, and includes, but is not limited to, such services as Uber and Lyft.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY OPERATOR: Any person operating a motor vehicle offering rides from one location to another location for a fee.
(Ord. 2023-36; Ord. 2017-27)