For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TAXICAB. Every motor-propelled vehicle, except for “limousine” service, licensed pursuant hereto, used for the transportation of passengers for hire operated wholly or primarily over the streets of the city, and not over fixed and defined routes, being routed under the direction of the passenger or passengers therein and driven by the owner or lessee thereof, or his or her employee.
(`61 Code, § 22.1) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956; Am. Ord. 879, passed 7-2-1996)