§ 28-1. Definitions.
As used in this article the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
Driver means an individual who operates or is in actual physical control of a public vehicle.
Exempt vehicles means one of the following:
(1)
Motor vehicles used exclusively in transporting children to and from schools under contract with school officials.
(2)
Hearses and ambulances when operated by licensed embalmers, morticians, or ambulance service companies or their agents or employees in this State.
(3)
Handicab means a vehicle designed, constructed, reconstructed or operated for the transportation of persons with nonemergency conditions where no medical assistance is needed or anticipated en route; or for persons who are unable to comfortably use a standard means of conveyance; or for persons who cannot enter, occupy or exit a vehicle without extensive assistance; or where specialized equipment is used for wheelchair or stretcher service; and where the driver serves as both a driver and attendant to assist in door-to-door or bed-to-bed service. No emergency equipment other than a fire extinguisher may be carried. The use of the term "ambulance" or "ambulatory service" may not be used and no representations may be made that any medical service is available.
(4)
Motor vehicles operated by a governmental agency.
(5)
Public sector buses which are used for the transportation of persons for compensation and which are owned, leased, operated or controlled by a municipal, county or state government, school board or a governmentally owned or managed nonprofit corporation.
(6)
Exclusive ride-sharing vehicles as defined in F.S. § 341.031.
(7)
Shuttle services owned and operated directly by a hotel or motel for transportation limited to registered guests thereof.
(8)
Vehicles used exclusively in transporting persons in a sight-seeing capacity with its primary purpose for tours of landmarks.
(9)
Transportation network company vehicles as defined in F.S. §627.748.
Limousine/car service means any motor vehicle not equipped with a taximeter, which provides seating accommodations for not more than 29 passengers, including the driver, not including exempt vehicles.
Low speed vehicle means a low speed vehicle as defined under Florida Statutes, as amended, governing motor vehicle licenses.
Manifest means a daily trip sheet completed by each driver listing the information required by the POD.
Motor vehicle means a vehicle that is motorized or self-propelled by power other than muscular power or by animals. The term "motor vehicle" does not include traction engines, road rollers, bicycles, mopeds, or motorcycles.
New fares means picking up any passenger from a location within the City.
Non-motorized vehicle means vehicles for hire designed to be propelled by humans or animals and which may or may not also have helper engines or motors installed so long as the helper engines or motors do not exceed the non-motorized vehicle speed of over 20 miles per hour on level ground.
Non-public sector bus means any motor vehicle with a capacity for no more than 29 passengers, including the driver but does not include public sector buses, school buses, and buses that transport passengers between a common carrier terminal station, or other exempt vehicles.
Operator means any person owning, leasing or controlling a taxicab, van, or limousine/car service. An operator may or may not be a driver.
Pedal bus means a non-motorized vehicle for hire with a seating configuration similar to that of a dinner table, seating on each side, and solely powered by humans using pedals.
Public street means any of the public streets, boulevards, avenues, drives, or alleys within the City.
Public vehicle means non-public sector buses, taxicabs, vans, limousines/car services and any other motorized and non-motorized vehicles, including vessels, for the transportation for hire of passengers where new fares begin within the City and includes low speed vehicles which operate in the same manner as transportation for hire but may or may not charge a fee to new fares.
Public vehicle certificate means the written authority issued pursuant to this article which grants the privilege to operate one public vehicle within the City.
Taxicab means any motor-driven vehicle, regardless of its power source, with a capacity for no more than nine passengers, including the driver, which is operated for compensation based upon rates reflected on a taximeter, not including exempt vehicles.
Taxicab meter means any mechanical, digital or electronic device which serves to monitor the distance, time, or mileage to determine the fare to be charged a passenger of a taxicab.
Van means any motor-driven vehicle with a capacity of not more than 29 passengers including the driver, not including exempt vehicles.
Vessel means any boat or watercraft designed for water travel, including, but not limited to, any kayak, canoe, boat, motorboat, air boat, or watercraft being propelled or powered by machinery, air or human power and designed for water travel and includes personal watercraft such as, but not limited to, jet skis, waverunners, wavejammers, and other similar vessels being propelled or powered by machinery, air or human power which transports passengers for compensation similar to a taxicab or other public vehicles. This definition does not include seaplanes or vessels rented for recreational purposes.
(Code 1992, § 28-1; Ord. No. 107-G, § 1, 11-4-1993; Ord. No. 531-G, § 1, 4-18-2002; Ord. No. 911-G, §§ 1, 2, 8, 1-8-2009; Ord. No. 1027-G, §§ 1—3, 8-18-2011; Ord. No. 1-H, §§ 1, 2, 10-20-2011; Ord. No. 213-H, § 1, 1-21-2016; Ord. No. 295-H, §§ 1, 2, 10-5-2017)