For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
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 any passengers for hire on the public streets or on public or quasi-public places, or accept any passengers for hire on hail or request made in the public street, or in 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.
FUNERAL CAR. Any public vehicle which is not used for public services other than funeral or burial purposes.
OWNER. The person who has good title to a public vehicle by lawful bill of sale or certificate of title and who, in the conduct of his or her business, operates or rents that public vehicle.
PUBLIC VEHICLES. Vehicles furnishing individual service for compensation in the transportation of persons on public streets. These vehicles are classified as taxicabs, autos-for-hire, driverless autos-for-hire, and funeral cars. Vehicles furnishing mass service such as street railway cars, motor buses, and omnibuses, which move over fixed routes, on a fixed schedule, or between fixed termini are not included in the term public vehicles, but must comply with appropriate provisions of law and this code of 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 or passengers for hire, on the public streets, or in public or quasi- public places, or accepts a passenger or passengers for hire on hail or request made in public streets, or in public or quasi-public places.
TAXIMETER. Any mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire for a taxicab is mechanically calculated, and on which the charge is plainly indicated.
(1967 Code, § 112.01) (Ord. O-23-42, passed 6-8-1942)