For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"TAXICAB." Every motor-driven vehicle used within the city for public hire and carrying passengers for hire or otherwise, along or over public streets, avenues, or other highways in the city, the destination or route of which is under the direction of a passenger transported therein. This term shall not be taken to mean any hearse, bus, or school bus.
('74 Code, § 112.01) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)