The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Chief of police means the chief of police or his designee.
Permit means a permit for the operation of a taxicab issued to a driver in accordance with the provisions of this article, unless otherwise defined herein.
Taxicab means any motor vehicle seating nine or fewer passengers operated on any street or highway on call or on demand, accepting or soliciting passengers indiscriminately for hire between such points along streets or highways as may be directed by the passenger so being transported.
(Code 1989, § 73.02)