In this article the following words and terms shall have the scope and meaning hereinafter defined and set out in connection with each:
Administrator. The individual designated by the City Manager to perform the duties and exercise the authority of the Administrator under this article.
City Attorney. The City Attorney of the City of Longview.
City Manager. The City Manager of the City of Longview or the individual designated by the City Manager to perform the duties and exercise the authority of the City Manager under this article.
Compensation. Any money, service, or other thing of value that is received, or is to be received, in return for consideration from the recipient, including without limitation consideration in the form of services.
Drive. To control the physical movements of a motor vehicle.
Driver. An individual who drives for purposes of providing transportation-for-hire service.
Driver Identification card. The identification card required by this article for an individual to act as a driver.
Entity. An individual; a corporation; a government or governmental subdivision; or an agency, trust, partnership, or two (2) or more individuals having a joint or common economic interest.
Governmental entity. The government of the United States or a branch or agency of the United States government, the government of the State of Texas or a branch or agency of the government of the State of Texas, and any political subdivision of the State of Texas, including without limitation the city, Gregg County, Harrison County, the East Texas Council of Governments and any independent public school district.
Individual. A human being.
Motor vehicle. A motorized device in, upon, or by which any individual is or may be transported upon a street.
Operating authority. An entity that arranges for a driver to provide transportation-for-hire service. The term "operating authority" includes, without limitation, an entity that employs drivers, such as a traditional taxi service, as well as an intity that owns, operates or maintains a transportation-for-hire app or otherwise conveys potential passengers' requests for transportation-for-hire service to drivers, regardless of whether the drivers are employees of the entity and regardless of whether the transportation-for-hire vehicle is owned, leased or unowned by the entity.
Operating authority permit. The permit required by this article for an entity to act as an operating authority.
Operating authority's driver. A driver performing transportation-for-hire service on behalf of or in connection with an operating authority, regardless of whether the driver is an employee of the operating authority and regardless of whether the transporation-for-hire vehicle used by the driver is owned, leased or unowned by the operating authority. The term "operating authority's driver" includes, without limitation, any driver who is an employee of an operating authority and any driver to whom an operating authority conveys potential passengers' requests for transportation-for-hire service by means of a transportation-for-hire app operated, owned or maintained b the operating authority or by other means of communication operated, owned or maintained by the operating authority.
Operating authority's website. Any and all websites through which an operating authority accepts requests for transportation-for-hire service or through which an operating authority provides information to users or potential users of transportation-for-hire service provided by the operating authority or by the operating authority's drivers.
Payor. The individual delivering payment for transportation-for-hire service.
Street. Any street, alley, avenue, boulevard, thoroughfare, roadway, drive, public way, or highway commonly used for the purpose of public travel within the city.
Transportation-for-hire app. A website or other means of communication specifically marketed to users as a means to summon drivers to provide transportation-for-hire service, regardless of whether said means of communication summons a driver by direct communication to the driver or by communicating through an operating authority or through an entity acting on behalf of an oeprating authority.
Transportation-for-hire service. The transporation of passengers for compensation.
Transportation-for-hire vehicle. Any motor vehicle used to offer or provide transportation-for-hire service.
Website. A remotely accessible data site, digital platform, or software application that provides content in a manner that is accessible to the public through a digital network such as the Internet.
Wheelchair accessible vehicle. A motor vehicle designed or modified to transport passengers in wheelchairs or other mobility devices and conforming to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amneded.
Each of the terms defined in this section may be used in the plural as appropriate to the context.
(Ord. No. 4088, § 2, 12-8-16)