For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TAXICAB. Every motor vehicle used within the limits of the town for public hire, carrying passengers for hire, or furnishing for use passenger transportation for hire along or over the public streets or other highways within the town, the destination or route of which is under the direction of a passenger being transported therein. However, this term shall not be taken to mean any ambulance, city passenger bus, or school bus.