§ 82-03 Definitions Specific to this Chapter.
RCNY § 82-03
(a)Applicant in this chapter means the individual or Business Entity applying for an original or renewal Street Hail Livery License under this Chapter in whose name the License applied for will be issued.
(b)Business Entity in this Chapter includes corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
(c)Driver in this Chapter means a Driver of a Street Hail Livery who is authorized to by these rules to drive a Street Hail Livery. A Driver can be a Driver possessing a TLC Driver License or a Paratransit Driver who is driving an Accessible Street Hail Livery.
(d)Flat Rate is a definite dollar amount that will be charged to a Street Hail Livery passenger for a specific trip, and is fixed before the trip begins (NOTE: "double the Taximeter" is not a Flat Rate).
(e)Legatee means a person to whom any proceeds of an estate of a deceased person are to be distributed.
(f)License in this Chapter means a Street Hail Livery License.
(g)Licensee in this Chapter means the holder of a Street Hail Livery License.
(h)MTA Tax is the 50 cent tax on taxicab and certain Street Hail Livery trips imposed by Article 29-A of the NYS Tax Law.
(i)Rooftop Advertising Fixture means a device that incorporates the functions of a Roof Light with an advertising display.
(j)Rooftop Advertising Fixture Provider means the entity responsible for supplying the Rooftop Advertising Fixture to the Street Hail Livery Licensee and maintaining the advertising material.
(k)Technology System shall have the same meaning given such term in 35 RCNY § 51-03.
(l)Technology System Provider shall have the same meaning given such term in 35 RCNY § 51-03.
(m)A Transferee is an Applicant who is seeking approval from or has been approved by the Chairperson to own and operate a Street Hail Livery License in which the Applicant is acquiring an interest, either directly or indirectly, through a transfer described under 35 RCNY § 82-44.
(n)A Transferor is the Owner of an interest in a Street Hail Livery License being transferred.
(o)Trip Data shall have the same meaning given such term in 35 RCNY § 51-03.
(p)Vehicle in this Chapter shall mean the Commission-licensed Vehicle in use with a Street Hail Livery License.
(q)Wheelchair Passenger is a passenger using a wheelchair. (Amended City Record 12/10/2015, eff. 1/9/2016; amended City Record 9/22/2016, eff. 10/22/2016; amended City Record 5/17/2018, eff. 6/16/2018)
