Memphis Code of Ordinances § 6-80-1 Definitions.
Sec. 6-80-1. - Definitions.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning as set out herein:
Building official means building department official, code enforcement official or land use control official or the designee thereof.
Certificate means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the director of police services authorizing the holder hereof to conduct a passenger vehicle for hire business in the city.
Director of police services means the director of police services of the city, or his or her authorized designee.
Driver shall be held to include every person in actual charge of the operation of a vehicle for hire.
Driver's permit means the permission granted by the director of police services to a person to drive a passenger vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city.
For hire means agreement to transport a person or persons for a fare.
Holder means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
Manifest means a daily record prepared by a driver of a passenger vehicle for hire of all trips made by the driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers and the amount of fare of each trip.
Meter means an instrument or device attached to a passenger vehicle for hire which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
Owner means a person who holds the legal title of the taxicab or, in the event the vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, then such conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed the owner.
Passenger vehicle for hire means a passenger vehicle used to provide transportation for passengers for a fare.
Passenger vehicle for hire stand is a place where the city engineer in concert with director of police services has authorized a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to pare passenger vehicles for hire out of service awaiting a passenger.
Permit/license inspector is a Memphis police officer authorized and instructed to watch and observe the conduct of holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity and drivers operating under this chapter. Upon discovering a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the inspector(s) shall take appropriate action.
Person includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership, or any unincorporated association. Such person must be a resident of the State of Tennessee or member of a corporation recognized in Tennessee.
Rate card means a card issued by the division of police services for display in each taxicab which contains the current rates of fare.
Sticker means the identifying sticker issued by the Memphis police department, on authority of director of police services, to be displayed in center top of back windshield of vehicles for hire with same issued annually with certificate of convenience and necessity.
Taxicab means any motor vehicle, except a limousine or sedan designed or constructed with a meter and to accommodate passengers, not more than nine in number, exclusive of the driver, and which transports passengers for hire, the principal operation of which is confined to the area within the corporate limits of the city and suburban territory adjacent thereto, and not operated on a fixed route or schedule.
Terminal means any building or garage where passenger vehicle for hire trips begin or terminate or the building or land where passenger vehicles for hire are dispatched, parked, serviced or repaired.
Waiting time means the time consumed when a metered vehicle is not in motion or moving at a rate of less than ten miles per hour.
(Code 1985, § 39-1; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993; Ord. No. 4941, 5-7-2002)