Taxicab Definitions

Wherever in this chapter the following terms are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: "Cruise or cruising" means the movement or standing of a taxicab on a public highway in the County for the purpose of searching for or soliciting a prospective passenger. "Director" means the director of finance of the County of Maui. "Fixed taxistand" means a space set aside for the exclusive use of a taxicab and clearly marked with a sign giving the name of the individual, partnership, corporation, association or other organization using said stand. "Passenger" means one or more persons employing or engaging a taxicab for hire. Passenger, however, shall not include the operator of the taxicab nor any child under the age of five years not occupying a seating space. "Taxicab" means any motor vehicle designed to carry seven passengers or less, operating for hire solely on call or demand from a fixed stand within the geographical limits of the County and accepting a passenger with or without baggage for transportation between such points as may be directed by the passenger, the charges for service being based upon the distance traveled, plus waiting time. Taxicab shall not include: 1. Sightseeing buses; 2. Buses employed solely for transportation of school children or teachers; 3. Hotel buses operated solely between steamship piers, airplane terminals or hotels; 4. Chartered motor vehicles; and 5. Motor vehicles rented or hired on a "u-drive" or "drive-yourself" basis. "Waiting time" means the time during which a taxicab standing at the direction of a passenger. (Ord. 2817 § 1, 1999: Ord. 1571, 1986: Ord. 822 § 1(a), 1975; prior code § 17-1.1)