For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVER. Includes every person in charge of or operating any taxicab, as defined below, either as agent, employee, or otherwise.
OWNER. Any person, firm, or corporation who has the bona fide legal title to or control, direction, operation, maintenance, or leasing of a taxicab, as defined below, or the collection of revenue derived from taxicabs so operated for hire on the streets of the city.
TAXICAB. Any motor vehicle propelled and operated for passage or hire, subject to call from a garage, office, or other place, or otherwise operating for hire, except motor buses running and operating on established routes, sight-seeing buses, and funeral vehicles.
('83 Code, § 115.01) (Ord. 1105, passed 6-19-61)