For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply.
(a) "Public vehicles" means all vehicles furnishing individual service as a business in the transportation of persons which are hereby classified as:
(1) Public vehicles which seek their business or a part thereof on the public streets or quasi-public places such as "taxicabs";
(2) Public vehicles which use the public streets for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire, but which do not seek their business thereon, or in quasi-public places such as "auto for hire, " "driverless autos for hire" and "funeral cars”.
Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to vehicles furnishing mass service, such as motor buses and omnibuses, which move over fixed routes, or on a fixed schedule or between fixed termini.
(b) "Taxicab" means any public vehicle that seeks its business, or a part thereof on public streets or in quasi-public places.
(c) "Funeral car" means any public vehicle that is used solely for funeral or burial purposes.
(d) "Driverless auto for hire" means 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 own use and not for the purpose of transporting persons for compensation.
(e) "Auto for hire" means any public vehicle other than funeral car and driverless auto for hire, that does not seek its business on the public streets, or in quasipublic places, and which is driven and in charge of the owner or his employee. Public vehicles used for livery purposes are auto for hire.
(Ord. 1339-1929. Passed 5-20-29.)