§ 6.72.010. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

"Approved mechanic" means a mechanic on a list maintained by the commission director. The list shall contain the name of each mechanic that has applied to the director for inclusion and who (1) has met all requirements of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, (2) does not own, lease or drive a taxicab, (3) has no financial interest in any taxicab vehicle, company, or taximeter installation/repair service, and (4) is not employed by any taxicab or taximeter business.

"Certificate" means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the metropolitan transportation licensing commission, authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business within the metropolitan government area.

"Cruising" means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the metropolitan government area in search of or soliciting prospective passengers for hire.

"Discontinued operations" means any cessation of business, including the operation of taxicabs, carrying of fares, dispatch of calls, receipt of requests for services by telephone, or other provision of services, for more than twenty-four continuous hours.

"Driver's permit" means the permission granted by the metropolitan transportation licensing commission in accordance with Article II of this chapter authorizing a person to operate a taxicab upon the streets and roads of the metropolitan government area.

"Holder" means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.

"Lease driver" means a taxicab driver who has leased a taxicab from a certificate holder or taxicab owner.

"Manifest" means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by such driver, showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers and the amount of fare of each trip.

"Metropolitan transportation licensing commission" means the administrative agency of the metropolitan government that, along with the department of public works serving in its role of providing staff to the commission, has exclusive jurisdiction over the licensing and regulation of all vehicles for hire as set forth in Chapter 2.100 of this Code.

"Owner" means the person who holds the legal title of the taxicab.

"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any character.

"Rate card" means a card issued by the metropolitan transportation licensing commission for display in each taxicab, which contains the rates of fare then in force.

"Safety certificate" means a document from an approved mechanic certifying that a particular vehicle meets all vehicle safety standards set forth in this chapter and in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

"Taxicab" means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, donation, gratuity or any other form of remuneration, having a seating capacity of less than nine persons and not operated on a fixed route.

"Taxicab stand" means a place alongside a street, or elsewhere, where the metropolitan transportation licensing commission has authorized a holder of certificate of public convenience to park for picking up or discharging passengers.

"Taximeter" means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which mechanically measures the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.

"Vehicle for hire" means any public conveyance operated to transport fourteen or fewer passengers for compensation. Excluded from this definition are vehicles exclusively regulated by the state department of safety.

"Waiting time" means the time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger to the time of discharge, but such term does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, acts or fault of a passenger.

(Ord. BL2012-281 § 2, 2012; Ord. BL2000-325 § 1 (part), 2000)