CITY means the City of Clearlake, California.

DRIVER means every individual who: (1) operates any taxicab or vehicle for hire as an operator or an employee of an operator; (2) independently owns the taxicab or vehicle for hire and operates under the auspices of such operator; or (3) has independently contracted with such operator to operate the taxicab or vehicle for hire pursuant to a lease, license or any other form of agreement.

EMPLOYEE shall mean and include any person who is self-employed as an independent driver.

MOTOR VEHICLE means every motor vehicle used for public hire propelled by mechanically produced power and intended for use on public streets and highways, except vehicles operated by a publically owned or operated transit system, or under contract with a publically owned or operated transit system (excluding taxicabs operated under contract with a publically owned or operated transit system), or by a consolidated transportation services agency, including without limitation, transit buses, general public paratransit vehicles, paratransit vehicles, and specialized transportation vehicles, as those terms are defined by the California Vehicle Code.

OPERATOR means any entity engaged in the business of providing vehicles for the purpose of carrying passengers in a taxicab or other vehicle for hire, whether comprised of an individual, group of individuals, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, corporation or any other organizational structure.

TAXICAB means a motor vehicle which is designed for carrying not more than eight (8) passengers, excluding the driver, which is used in the transportation of passengers over the public streets of the City and operated at rates per mile, per destination, per mile and destination, or any other rate structure irrespective of whether the operations extend beyond the limits of the City, and which is made available for hire on call or demand, by any means.

VEHICLE FOR HIRE means any motor or electric vehicle which is offered to the public for hire with the services of a driver, which is used for the transportation of passengers over the public streets of the City, irrespective of whether such operations extend beyond the boundary limits of the City, at rates per distance, per trip, per hour, per day, per week, per month, or by any other rate structure. “Vehicle for hire” shall not include a charter-party carrier of passengers within the meaning of the Passenger Charter-party Carriers’ Act, Article 8 (commencing with Section 5351) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code. “Vehicle for hire” includes taxicabs. (Ord. #2013-140)