For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OPERATOR. Any person employed by a taxicab company to drive taxicabs.
SERVICE AREA. The area within the Piqua City Corporation limits plus two miles and the Piqua Airport.
TAXICAB. Any public vehicle licensed hereunder to be used in securing or accepting any passenger or passengers for compensation, on the public streets, or on any public or quasi-public place, or accepts a passenger or passengers for compensation upon hail or request made on the public streets or on public or quasi-public places. A taxicab does not include a bus, party bus, limousine or private transport service for medical services.
TAXICAB COMPANY. Any person, firm or corporation which transfers or conveys for hire one or more persons by request in motor vehicles not being operated on a regular route at scheduled times from one location or designation to another within the service area.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY. A corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, proprietorship, or any other entity operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide transportation network company services.
(‘97 Code, § 115.01) (Ord. 62-80, passed 10-6-80; Am. Ord. 5-02, passed 4-15-02; Am. Ord. 13-16, passed 9-20-16)