As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a) "Motor vehicle for hire" means a motor vehicle not equipped with a taximeter, designed to carry seven or less persons for public hire at an hourly rate.
(b) "Taxicab" means a vehicle driven by mechanical power on which a taximeter is affixed.
(c) "Taximeter" means a mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire is mechanically calculated and upon which such charge is indicated by means of figures.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.010)