Definitions. The following definitions shall govern
the interpretation of this chapter unless otherwise expressly defined
herein:
BUSINESS
Includes any single act of transporting a passenger or passengers
in a motor vehicle for hire or for compensation of any kind upon the
public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Huntington.
LICENSE
Due authorization in writing, as provided herein, which permits
a person to engage in the business of transportation for hire or to
employ others for said purposes.
LIMOUSINE
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in transportation for
hire, in connection with funerals, weddings, proms and other events
or functions of a similar nature, or in connection with general transportation
for hire when, at the prior request of the passenger(s), an unmarked
livery is used and pickup is made by prior arrangement, whether hired
by the hour, by the day or for a fixed fare, and/or so licensed by
the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
OPERATOR
Includes a natural person who is entitled to obtain in his
or her own name proper New York State licensing for the operation
of a motor vehicle for the purpose of transportation for hire.
OWNER
Includes a person, as defined herein, who is a business owner,
principal, director and/or officer of a business, a purchaser under
a reserve title contract, conditional sales contract or vendor's lien
agreement and a lessee who is entitled to obtain in his or her own
name proper New York State registration of the vehicles engaged in
the business of transportation for hire, and/or a person owning or
controlling one or more taxicabs or limousines and operating/driving
or causing to be operated/driven any such vehicle for hire.
PASSENGER
Includes any person other than the operator/driver who is
an occupant of a taxicab or limousine upon the public streets, roads
and highways within the Town of Huntington.
PERMIT
Due authorization in writing, as provided herein, which permits
a natural person to operate a motor vehicle engaged in transportation
for hire.
PERSON
Includes natural persons, corporations, partnerships, unincorporated
associations or any other organizations of two or more persons.
TAXICAB
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business of transportation
for hire, other than a limousine.
TOWN
Includes all areas within the Town of Huntington exclusive
of areas wholly within any incorporated village.
TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE
Includes the transporting of a passenger or passengers in
a motor vehicle, for hire or for compensation of any land, upon the
public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Huntington.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY (TNC)
Shall mean a person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship,
or other entity that is licensed and is operating in New York State
exclusively using a digital network to connect transportation network
company passengers to transportation network company drivers who provide
TNC prearranged trips. Transportation network companies shall be excluded
from the provisions of this chapter.
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No. 36-2017]
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY VEHICLE (TNC VEHICLE)
Shall mean a vehicle that is:
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No. 36-2017]
(1)
Used by a transportation network company driver to provide a
TNC prearranged trip originating within the State of New York; and
(2)
Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation
network company driver;
(3)
Such term shall not include taxi cabs, livery vehicles, limousines,
and buses.
(4)
Transportation network company vehicles shall be excluded from
the provisions of this chapter.
VEHICLE FOR HIRE
Includes any motor vehicle used in the transporting of a
passenger or passengers, for hire or for compensation of any kind,
upon the public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Huntington.