Section 4.64.020 Definitions.

Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:

1. "Dial-a-ride transportation vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is used on the streets of Sioux City for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire on a nonexclusive basis and that follows no regular route or time schedule.

2. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle that is used on the streets of the city for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire and that follows no regular time schedule and no regular route.

3. "Modified transportation vehicle" means a vehicle constructed and designed to meet the requirements of accessibility for the physically handicapped and people with limited mobility, and that would also meet the requirements of, but not limited to, wider doors, special ramping devices or lifts and spaces available within the vehicle for persons to remain seated in wheelchairs, and that follows no regular route or time schedule. "Modified transportation vehicle" shall not mean a vehicle designed for the transportation of persons in need of immediate emergency medical treatment at a hospital emergency unit.

4. "Owner of taxicab" means any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation who either owns, or is the lessee of or is the purchaser under contract of a motor vehicle for use as a vehicle for hire under the provisions of this chapter.

5. "Qualified Mechanic" means a mechanic employed by a new car dealership or a mechanic employed by the owner if that owner is authorized by the United States Department of Transportation to inspect the owner's vehicles and the owner possesses a certificate from the United States Department of Transportation giving said owner a satisfactory rating and the owner's mechanic otherwise meets qualifications of the Department to inspect vehicles.

6. "Taxicab" means a motor vehicle that is used on the streets of Sioux City for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire on an exclusive basis and that follows no regular route or time schedule, and for which the fare is determined by the use of a taximeter.

7. "Taximeter" means a mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated for distance traveled and waiting time, and upon which such charge shall be indicated in terms of dollars and cents.

8. “Trolley bus” means a rubber-tired transit vehicle, manually steered and propelled by a gas or diesel motor that is used on the streets of Sioux City for the purpose of carrying passengers.

9. "Vehicle for hire" means a taxicab, limousine, modified transportation vehicle, trolley bus, or Dial-A-Ride transportation "vehicle". (Ord. 2006-0169; 97/U-5245; 96/U-4755; 92/U-194; 93/U-1222; S-31568, 1976)