Unless otherwise expressly provided, the following
words, for the purpose of this chapter, shall have the meaning herein
indicated:
DRIVER
Any person driving a taxicab or limousine upon the public
highways for hire.
LIMOUSINE
A vehicle seating not less than five nor more than seven
persons, used solely for hire in connection with funerals, weddings
and similar functions.
OWNER
A person owning or controlling one or more taxicabs or limousines
and driving or causing any such vehicle to be driven upon the public
highways for hire.
PASSENGER
A person paying a fee for transportation.
PERSON
Includes an individual, a partnership, any unincorporated
association, a corporation and any other legal entity.
TAXICAB
A vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers
for hire, having a seating capacity of less than eight persons and
not operated on a fixed route.
TAXI STAND
A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere
which has been so designated as reserved exclusively for the use of
all taxicabs licensed hereunder.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre.
ZONE
An area within the Village established by the Board of Trustees
for the purpose of determining the rates to be charged for the hiring
of taxicabs and within which an operator may be licensed to establish
depots or terminals and pick up passengers.