For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LIMOUSINES. Construed to include and to mean all public passenger vehicles duly licensed as herein provided; except that, such vehicle shall not be required to have affixed thereto a taximeter, and the use thereof shall be confined to hire upon a hourly basis or upon a trip basis; the operator of a LIMOUSINE shall not be permitted to solicit passengers for hire in the public streets of the city.
PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE. Includes taxicabs and limousines, as defined herein, and shall mean a motor vehicle, as defined in the Motor Vehicle Law of the state, which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire, excepting in operation of a public utility under the laws of the state.
TAXICAB. A public passenger vehicle for hire only at lawful rates of fare recorded and indicated by taximeter in operation when the vehicle is in use for transportation of any passenger.
(Prior Code, § 43-1) (Ord. 916, passed 3-6-1974; Ord. 91-34, passed 6-15-1991)