As used in this chapter:
(a) “Public vehicle” means every vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire excepting rapid transit railway cars, motor buses operating over regular routes and between fixed termini, and vehicles used solely for funerals, weddings and christenings.
(b) “Taxicab” or “public hack” means every public vehicle for hire for transportation of passengers for which public patronage is solicited in whole or in part upon the streets or in public or quasi-public places.
(c) “Taximeter” means any mechanical device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, based upon distance traveled and upon the waiting time, which charge is plainly indicated by means of figures upon such device.
(d) “Automobile for hire” means every public vehicle which does not seek its business on the public streets and is driven by and is in charge of the owner or his or her agent.
(e) “Hire” means any fare, reward, donation or other thing of value which a driver or owner of a vehicle receives or accepts in return for furnishing taxicab service.
(f) “Owner” and “applicant” mean any person, firm or corporation who or which owns, controls or directs the operations of any public vehicle or derives any revenue or benefit from the operation of any public vehicle which operates on or over the streets of the City whether as owner, licensee, bailee or otherwise, except a driver, as defined in subsection (g) hereof.
(g) “Driver” means every person actually in charge of the operation of a public vehicle as a chauffeur thereof, whether such person is an owner, agent, servant or employee of the owner.
(h) “Taxicab stand” means those portions of the street set aside and designated by the Police Chief for the parking of taxicabs waiting for and seeking employment.
(Ord. 10505. Passed 12-6-54.)