San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 1 Definitions

(Legislative History: Ordinance 93-06, 4/5/93; Ordinance 2001-016, 9/4/01)

Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Chapter are defined as follows:

City.

"City" shall mean the City of San Leandro.

City Manager.

"City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the City of San Leandro.

Chief of Police.

"Chief of Police" shall mean the Chief of Police of the City of San Leandro or designee.

Driver.

"Driver" shall mean a person in direct and immediate possession or charge of driving or operating any taxicab for compensation.

Finance Director.

"Finance Director" shall mean the Finance Director of the City of San Leandro or designee.

Owner.

"Owner" shall mean any person who is a lessee, lien holder, or the holder of legal title to any taxicab, as herein defined.

Public Convenience and Necessity.

"Public convenience and necessity" shall mean a genuine need for additional public passenger vehicles for hire, as determined by the City Manager or designee, in order to promptly, adequately and efficiently serve the needs and convenience of the general public.

Taxi or Taxicab.

"Taxi" or "taxicab" shall mean an automobile or motor-propelled vehicle with maximum seating capacity of not more than eight persons, and used for the transportation of passengers who direct the route to be traveled over the streets, and not over a defined route or upon a fixed schedule, for compensation in accordance with the distance traveled and/or the time elapsed and number of passengers carried as determined by a taxi meter as herein defined, or by a flat rate schedule, irrespective of whether the operations extend beyond the boundary lines of the City of San Leandro.

Taxi Meter.

"Taxi meter" shall mean an instrument or device attached to the taxicab by means of which instrument the authorized charge is mechanically, electronically or otherwise calculated either on a basis of distance traveled or waiting time, or a combination thereof, which charge shall be indicated upon the taximeter by visible figures in United States dollars and cents.

Taxi Service.

"Taxi service" shall mean any service involving a taxicab as defined above. Such service does not include limousines, shuttle services or rental vehicles.