For the purpose of this chapter the following terms shall be deemed and construed to have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless from the particular context it clearly appears that some other meaning is intended:
CARRIER: Means and includes every person, corporation, partnership, joint venture or other form of business organization, their lessees, receivers or trustee, engaged in operating for hire, taxicabs as defined herein.
DRIVER: Means and includes every person driving, operating, or in charge of any vehicle as defined by this section as a "taxicab".
TAXI STAND: A place on a public street designated by the city for the use, while awaiting employment, of any vehicle covered by this chapter.
TAXICAB: Means and includes every vehicle used for the transportation of passengers over the streets of the city, but not over defined routes, at rates for distance traveled, or for waiting time, or for both, the charge to patrons being determined and indicated by the mechanical calculation of a "taximeter" as defined herein.
TAXIMETER: Means and includes a mechanical instrument, or device, by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, either for distance traveled, or for waiting time, or for both, and upon which such charge is plainly registered by means of figures, indicating dollars and cents. (Ord. 710-04, 4-20-2004)