Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever
used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
given to them by this article:
DRIVER
Any person who engages in the business of driving a taxicab,
whether such person is the owner or employed by a taxicab owner.
OWNER
Includes any person owning or having control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the City of
Cohoes or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
PERSON
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, companies, societies, and
all other legal entities.
TAXICAB
Includes any motor vehicle of a type that the New York Transportation
Law permits a municipality to regulate that is engaged in the service
of transporting passenger(s) for hire when such service is available
to the general public on a prearranged or demand response basis over
a nonspecified or irregular route with the point or points of pickup
and discharge determined by the passenger.