As used in this chapter:
(a) TAXICAB. Any vehicle being motor driven or propelled by mechanical power used to haul passengers for hire and offered for use for hire to the public for transportation from one point to another within the City, except such motor driven or mechanically-propelled vehicles as are usually operated on or over rails, those vehicles used exclusively for the transportation of property, hotel buses, limousines licensed under Ohio R.C. § 4503.24, school buses, sight-seeing buses, funeral cars, buses owned and used exclusively in the promotion of the City and suburban home development, and motor-driven and mechanically-propelled vehicles operated between fixed termini and over regular routes by a motor transportation company, as defined in Ohio R.C. § 4921.01.
(b) TAXICAB OPERATOR. Any person owning, operating or having control of the use and operation of one or more taxicabs used for the carrying of passengers for hire upon the streets of the City.
(c) TAXICAB DRIVER. Any person who drives or operates a taxicab, whether the person is the owner of the taxicab or employed by a taxicab operator.
(d) TAXICAB STAND. Any place alongside the curb of a street which is reserved for the exclusive use of taxicabs.
(e) TAXICAB LICENSING OFFICIAL. The Chief of Police or their designee, who has been authorized to oversee and manage the licensing and operation of taxicab companies, taxicab operators and taxicab vehicles in the City of Middletown.
(f) OPERATOR. Operator refers to the driver of the taxicab.
(Ord. O91-42, passed 5-21-1991; Am. Ord. O2017-37, passed 9-5-2017)