Unless otherwise stated when used in this chapter, the following terms shall be respectively deemed to mean:
(a) "City" means the City of Garfield Heights, Ohio.
(b) "Certificate" means a certificate of convenience and necessity.
(c) "Director" means the Director of Safety.
(d) "Streets" means any public street, alley or public way within the corporate limits of the City.
(e) "Taxicab" means all motor-driven vehicles engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire on the streets of the City, except street cars or motor buses operated on regular schedules and over regularly established routes.
(f) "Taxicab company" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm or copartnership, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any taxicab.
(g) "Taxicab stands" means such portions of the street or private property as are reserved for taxicab use as hereinafter provided.
(h) "Taximeter" means a mechanical instrument by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is calculated.
(Ord. 113-1959. Passed 10-12-59.)