§ 5.44.010. Definitions.  


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  • For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

    A.

    "Taxicab" means each vehicle used or designed to be used for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place within the city, except a street railway car or trackless trolley vehicle, within the meaning of Section 2 of Chapter 163 of the General Laws, or a motor vehicle, known as a jitney, operated in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Chapter 159A of the General Laws, or a sightseeing automobile licensed under Chapter 399 of the Acts and Resolves of the 1931 Massachusetts Legislature.

    B.

    "Private taxicab stand" means one established only upon private property.

    C.

    "Public taxicab stand" means one for the common use of all licensees under Section 5.44.040.

(C.O.83-52 § 34; prior revision § 18-1)