For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CORPORATE LIMITS. Includes all the area within the corporate limits of the town and the area adjacent thereto within a radius of one-mile of the corporate limits.
DRIVER. Anyone who does or expects to drive, either for himself or herself, or for some other person, taxicabs.
TAXICAB. Any motor vehicle seating nine or fewer passengers, operated upon any street or highway on call or on demand, accepting or soliciting passengers indiscriminately for hire between such points along streets or highways as may be directed by the passenger or passengers so being transported, and shall not include motor vehicles or motor vehicle carriers as defined in G.S. § 62-3(17).
(1979 Code, § D-1-1)