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Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall respectively mean:

A. “Certificate holder” means any person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued under the provisions of this chapter and which certificate has not been revoked.

B. “Driver” means every person in charge of, or operating, any passenger-carrying or motor-propelled vehicle, as herein defined, either as agent, employee, or otherwise, of owner, as owner, or under the direction of the owner, as herein defined.

C. “Street” means any piece commonly used for the purpose of public travel.

D. “Taxicab” means any motor-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of passengers who direct the route to be traveled over the streets and not operated over a fixed route for compensation.

E. “Taxicab stand” means a public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere in the city which has been designated by the council as reserved exclusively for the use of a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

F. “Taxicab permit” means an authorization issued to a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to operate a taxicab within the city. (Prior code § 6240)