For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHARTER TRANSPORTATION. A vehicle furnished with a driver that carries passengers for hire either on a fixed route in the city or pursuant to a written contract with reservations in advance of the service. The vehicle shall operate without a meter installed and charge for services on an hourly basis or longer periods of time.
DRIVER. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in the transportation of persons and who receives any compensation for such service in wages or commissions or who is otherwise paid, directly or indirectly.
EXTRA LUGGAGE. Luggage in excess of two suitcases per person.
MANIFEST. A daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by said driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip.
MOTORIZED VEHICLE. A wheeled machine which incorporates a motor, sometimes known as an engine, and which is used for transportation.
NONPROFIT TAXICAB. A vehicle furnished with a driver that carries passengers on a volunteer basis. The vehicle shall operate without a meter installed and charge for services per ride or on an hourly basis or longer periods of time.
OPEN STAND. A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere in the city that has been designated for the use of taxicabs.
OPERATOR OR HOLDER. A person to whom an operator permit has been issued by the city.
RATE CARD. A card issued by the operator for display in each taxicab and that contains the rates of fare then in force.
RELATED GROUP. A single telephone call to the taxicab company to pick up more than one person with no more than two suitcases per person from the same point of origin to the same destination.
TAXICAB. A fully enclosed motorized vehicle, limited to passenger cars, light trucks, and vans, furnished with a driver which carry passengers for hire within the city. CHARTER TRANSPORTATION, as defined in this section, nonprofit taxicabs, and vehicles owned or operated by any governmental entity that provide public transportation are not taxicabs.
TAXIMETER. A meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures electronically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
VEHICLE FOR HIRE. A vehicle providing shared transportation which transports one or more
passengers between locations of the passengers' choice, or close to it.
WAITING TIME. 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.
(Ord. O-14-15, passed 10-27-14; Am. Ord. O.20.06, passed 3-11-20)