As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them:
(a) "Taxicab" means and includes all motor driven vehicles carrying passengers for hire on the streets or the City, except motor buses operated on regular schedules and over regularly established routes.
(b) "Taxicab owner" means and include every corporation, association, joint stock association, person, firm or co-partnership, their lessees, directors, receivers, trustees, appointed by any court whatsoever, or personal representatives or assigns of any deceased owner, owning, controlling, operating or managing any taxicab.
(c) "Taxi driver” means the person driving a taxicab.
(d) "Taxicab revenue" means all moneys, exclusive of tips, received by the driver from the operation of a taxicab.
(e) "Director" means the Director of Public Safety of the City.
(f) "Hourly rate" means a charge for the actual time consumed in the transportation of passengers together with any waiting time consumed at the direction of the passenger. (Ord. 11-87(A). Passed 2-13-12.)