For purposes of this chapter, the terms set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
CORPORATION. A corporation, a company, an association and a joint-stock association.
DRIVER. The person operating a motorbus.
MOTORBUS. Every automobile, jitney bus, stage and auto stage, and every other motor-propelled vehicle owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons for compensation over a regular and defined route in the city, whether operated wholly or partly within the city, and in which passengers are received and from which passengers are discharged along the route traversed by such vehicle; provided, that so-called taxicabs, so-called sightseeing buses, so-called hotel buses, as customarily operated, and street and inter-urban railroad cars, shall not be deemed included in the term as used in this chapter.
OWNER. Every person or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning or controlling any motorbus.
PERSON. An individual, a firm and a copartnership.
PUBLIC STREET. Every public street, avenue, road, boulevard or highway in the city.
(`83 Code, § 5.32.010)