“Operator” means a person who operates a taxicab by employment or contract with a taxicab business owner.

“Taxicab” or “vehicle” means any motor vehicle designed and constructed to transport passengers not more than 15 in number, not including the operator, which is used to transport passengers for pay, which is not operated over any definite and designated route within the city limits, and the destination of which is designated by the passenger at the time of transportation.

“Taxicab business” means the owner of a vehicle that operates as a taxicab or a dispatch service provider to a vehicle that operates as a taxicab within city limits. (Ord. 14-28(AM) § 2, 2014)