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 Legislative Authority authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in this municipality.
DRIVER’S LICENSE. The permission granted by the municipality to a person to drive a taxicab upon the streets of the municipality.
HOLDER. A person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. Means the Legislative Authority of the municipality or an authorized municipal official designated by the Legislative Authority of the municipality.
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.
OPEN STAND. A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere, in the municipality which has been designated and reserved exclusively for the use of taxicabs.
PERSONS. Includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership, and any unincorporated association.
TAXICAB. A motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of less than five passengers and not operated on a fixed route.
TAXIMETER. A meter, instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
WAITING TIME. The time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger or passengers to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger.