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 Council authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in the city.
OPERATOR. Any person owning or having control of the use of one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab within the city.
PRIVATE AUTO LIVERY. An automobile used to carry persons for hire other than by solicitation of business by cruising about the streets.
STREET. Any street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or public place in the city.
TAXICAB. Any motor vehicle engaged in the carrying of persons for hire, whether over a fixed route or not, and whether the same be operated from a street stand or subject to calls from a garage or otherwise operated for hire except private auto liveries as herein defined but the term shall not include vehicles subject to control and regulation by the Public Service Commission of the State of Minnesota or vehicles regularly used by undertakers in carrying on their business.
TAXICAB DRIVER. Any person who drives a taxicab within the city, whether the owner of the taxicab or an employee of the taxicab owner or operator.
TAXICAB STAND. Any place along the curb or street or elsewhere which is exclusively reserved for the use of taxicabs.
TAXIMETER. Any mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, whether by distance traveled or waiting time or by both, and upon which the charge shall be indicated by figures.
(Prior Code, § 603.01)