For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Village Administrator.
AUTO-FOR-HIRE. Any public vehicle other than a taxicab, driverless auto-for-hire and funeral car. An AUTO-FOR-HIRE shall be driven by the owner or his or her employee and shall not secure or accept a passenger for hire on the public streets or on public or quasi-public places, or accept a passenger for hire on hail or request made in a public street or on public or quasi-public places.
DRIVERLESS AUTO-FOR-HIRE. Any public vehicle which is rented or hired out to a person other than the owner and operated by the person renting or hiring the same for his or her own use and not for the purpose of transporting persons for compensation.
OWNER. As applied to a public vehicle, means the person who has good title thereto by lawful certificate of title and who, in the conduct of his or her business, operates or rents such public vehicle.
PERSON. Includes a firm, partnership, association and corporation.
PUBLIC VEHICLE. A vehicle furnishing individual service for compensation in the transportation of persons on public streets. PUBLIC VEHICLES are classified as TAXICABS, AUTOS-FOR-HIRE and DRIVERLESS AUTOS-FOR-HIRE. Vehicles furnishing mass service, such as street railway cars, motor buses and omnibuses, which move over fixed routes, or on a fixed schedule, or between fixed termini, are not included in the term PUBLIC VEHICLE, but must comply with the appropriate provisions of law and ordinances.
RENTEE. The person to whom a driverless auto-for-hire is rented by the owner.
TAXICAB. Any public vehicle whose owner or driver secures or accepts a passenger for hire on the public streets or on public or quasi-public places, or accepts a passenger for hire upon hail or request made in the public streets or on public or quasi-public places.
(Ord. 1184, passed 1-28-1952; Am. Ord. 82-3, passed 1-4-1982)