For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A. “Taxicab” means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, equipped with a taximeter, having a seating capacity of five or less persons, excluding the driver, and not operated on a fixed route.
B. “Taximeter” means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based and registers the amount of the fare in such a manner as to permit the passenger to see said amount.
C. “Waiting time” means the time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger to the time of discharge, not including any time that the taxicab is not in motion due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger.
D. “Owner” is any person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the City of Cupertino in the business of operating a taxicab.
(Ord. 883, (part), 1978)