As used in this chapter:
(a) "Person" means natural persons, associations, copartnerships and corporations.
(b) "Taxicab" means any motor vehicle operated for hire without any fixed route or schedule for the purpose of transporting passengers from any point in the City to any other point within or without the City at the instance and volition of the passenger hiring the same, provided that no provision of this chapter shall be held to apply to the following named motor vehicles:
(1) Motor vehicles transporting passengers between this City and any other City, hamlet, or Village, under license of the State.
(2) Ambulances, funeral trucks or automobiles operated by any person exclusively for the purpose of transporting employees of the carrier to and from their place of employment.