For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CERTIFICATE. A certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the City Council authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in the city.
CRUISING. The driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the city in search of, or soliciting prospective passengers for hire.
DRIVER'S LICENSE. The permission granted after a determination of qualifications by the Chief of Police or his duly authorized representatives to a person to drive a taxicab upon the streets and public ways of the city.
HOLDER. A person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
LIMOUSINE. A motor vehicle not of a van variety having a seating capacity of less than 12 passengers engaged in the business of carrying, transporting or conveying people not via a fixed route or through cruising according to an established fee schedule to a destination not located within the city.
MANIFEST. A daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by such driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers and the amount of fare of each trip.
RATE CARD. A card issued by the Chief of Police or his duly authorized representative for display in each taxicab which explains the rates of fare then in force.
TAXICAB. A motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying, transporting or conveying passengers according to an established rate schedule, having a seating capacity of less than six persons and not operating on a fixed route.
TAXIMETER. A mechanical instrument or device attached to a taxicab by which the charge for the hire of a taxicab and its corresponding waiting time at a predetermined rate is mechanically calculated and registered for the distance traveled and the period of time awaited and upon which such charges shall be identified by means of figures clearly visible for the passenger's information.
WAITING TIME. The period of time consumed when a taxicab is not in motion at the direction of a passenger from the time of acceptance of a passenger(s) to the time of discharge and also the time consumed while a driver is waiting for a passenger after having responded to a call but does not include the time consumed by a premature response or for the first three minutes following the timely arrival in response to a call or for delay caused by traffic interruption, the inefficiency of the taxicab or its driver or due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger(s).
('70 Code, § 24-1) (Ord. 1977-51, passed 10-24-77)