For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUS SERVICE. Any use of any street in the city by any automobile, tour vehicle, motor bus, truck or other trackless vehicle, which is held out or announced by sign, voice, writing device, advertisement or otherwise to be run or operated to and from any particular or designated termini, zones or territories, or over any particular or designated route or line of travel, for the carriage of passengers for hire or for a gratuity or donation, however the gratuity or donation may be received. BUS SERVICE is distinguished from taxicab service in that bus service operates over fixed routes or between fixed termini and passengers do not direct the route of travel.
(1998 Code, § 126-311) (Ord. 93-74, passed 1-19-1994)