§ 15-171. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Certificate: The certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the county to owners of taxicabs to authorize them to engage in the business of providing taxicab service in the county.

Certificate holder: The owner of one or more taxicabs who holds a valid unexpired and unrevoked certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate one or more taxicabs.

Chief of police: The Chesterfield County Police Chief or his designee.

Driver: Any person operating a taxicab while it is available for public hire in the county or is being used by the public in the county.

Owner: Any person in the business of providing taxicab service and having control of the operation or maintenance of taxicabs and including the purchaser of any taxicab under a conditional sales contract or other title-reserving agreement, and persons controlling the operation of independently owned vehicles through methods such as, but not limited to, radio-dispatched systems and name licensing agreements.

Person: Any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation and every owner, certificate holder and driver.

Regular service: The provision of a minimum of two trips per week, for at least two consecutive months, for the same individual.

Taxicab: A passenger-carrying, self-propelled motor vehicle maintained for hire by the public and operated upon the streets of the county in the transportation of passengers for compensation, not operating on a regular route or between fixed terminals, but excluding common carriers of persons or property operating as public carriers under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the state corporation commission or under a franchise granted by the county.

Taxicab stand: A stand designated for the sole use of taxicabs in accordance with this article.

(Code 1978, § 19.1-1; Ord. of 10-28-98, § 1; Ord. of 8-24-16(1), § 1)

Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.

(Code 1978, § 19.1-1; Ord. of 10-28-98, § 1; Ord. of 8-24-16(1), § 1)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.