Unless otherwise expressly stated, as used in this chapter:
(a) "Taxicab" means a vehicle operated for hire, and shall be held to be distinguished from a motor bus especially by the fact that taxicabs do not operate on fixed routes or on a definite schedule, and when occupied by one or more passengers shall not indiscriminately accept such persons as offer themselves for transportation except at the insistence of or with the consent of such passenger or passengers then occupying such vehicle.
(b) "Taxicab company" includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm or co-partnership, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any taxicab.
(c) "Street" includes any public street, alley or public way within the corporate limits of the City. (Ord. 43-23. Passed 9-11-23.)