759.01 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)    "Taxicab operator" shall mean and include every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm or co-partnership, their licensees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any Court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating, maintaining or managing one or more taxicabs within the City.

   (b)    "Taxicab" shall mean and include any motor driven vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire or fare or offered for hire or fare to the public for transportation, operating within the City, except motor buses operated on regular schedules and over regularly established routes.

   (c)    "Taxicab driver" shall mean any person who drives or operates a taxicab.

   (d)    "Street" shall mean and include any public street, alley and public way within the corporate limits of the City.

   (e)    "Manager" shall mean the City Manager or his authorized designee.

(1969 Code 113.01)

759.02 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   No taxicab operator shall operate or cause to be operated any taxicab for the transportation of persons for hire, on any street within the corporate limits of the City unless licensed to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(1969 Code 113.02)

759.03 MANAGER TO REGULATE.

   The Manager shall require the filing of annual reports, schedules or rates of fare and other data by all taxicab operators operating within the City, prescribe rules and regulations and issue orders in conformity with the revisions of this chapter.

(1969 Code 113.03)