As used in this chapter:
(a) COMPENSATION. Any fare, reward, tip, donation or other thing of value which a driver or owner of a vehicle accepts or receives or offers to accept or receive in return for furnishing the service of transporting any person.
(b) LICENSEE. Any person to whom the Mayor has issued a public vehicle license.
(c) OWNER OF A PUBLIC VEHICLE. The person who has good title to a public vehicle or a lawful bill of sale or certificate of title and who, in the conduct of his or her business, operates or rents such public vehicle.
(d) PERSON. An individual firm, partnership, association or corporation.
(e) PUBLIC VEHICLE. A vehicle by which individual service for compensation in the transportation of persons on the public streets is furnished or offered to be furnished. PUBLIC VEHICLES are classified as taxicabs.
Vehicles furnishing mass transportation service of persons, such as motor and trolley buses, which are operated over fixed routes on a fixed schedule or between fixed termini, are not included in the term “public vehicle,” but must comply with the appropriate provisions of law.
(f) TAXICAB. Any public vehicle licensed hereunder to be used in securing or accepting any passenger for compensation on the public streets or on any public or quasipublic place, or in accepting any passenger for compensation upon hail or request made on the public streets or on public or quasipublic places.
(Ord. 3-1965, passed 3-23-65)